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Hammadah al Hamra 256
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 256
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 256
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 265 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 2954 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 303:
Date:Mar 1998
Latitude:28°56.98'N
Longitude:13°04.99'E
Mass (g):264.8
Pieces:4
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):30.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.8
Wollastonite (mol%):2.1
Classifier:C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
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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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 57'N, 13° 5'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 56' 59"N, 13° 4' 59"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 39.8 m 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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