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Hammadah al Hamra 248

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 248
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 248
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 2.35 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H3.9
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.9
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.9
Recommended:			H3.9 [explanation]

This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites classified as H3.9. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 295:

Date:	Nov 1997
Latitude:	28°38.58'N
Longitude:	12°46.52'E
Mass (g):	2345
Pieces:	2
Class:	H3.9
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	17.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.2-17.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.3-1.2
Classifier:	C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
Comments:	Petrologic subtype was estimated visually in reflected light (see Bourot-Denise et al., 1997)

Institutions
and collections

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

Catalogs:

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:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 39'N, 12° 47'E)
Recommended::	(28° 38' 35"N, 12° 46' 31"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 215 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1569 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 25 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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