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Hammadah al Hamra 247

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 247
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 247
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 288 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	LL6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 294:

Date:	Nov 1997
Latitude:	28°51.15'N
Longitude:	13°29.01'E
Mass (g):	288.46
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S6
Weathering grade:	W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):	32.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.8
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7
Classifier:	C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
Comments:	paired HaH 246?

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Michel Franco

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 51'N, 13° 29'E)
Recommended::	(28° 51' 9"N, 13° 29' 1"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.3 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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