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Hammadah al Hamra 254

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 254
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 254
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 650 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	L5-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5-6
Recommended:			L5-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as L5-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 301:

Date:	Nov 1997
Latitude:	29°06.15'N
Longitude:	11°57.26'E
Mass (g):	649.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6
Classifier:	C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
Comments:	br; paired HaH 251?

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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Allmeteorite.com
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney
Robert Zdancewicz
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 6'N, 11° 57'E)
Recommended::	(29° 6' 9"N, 11° 57' 16"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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