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Hammadah al Hamra 273

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 273
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 273
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass: 133 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2884 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:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 215:

Date:	Jan 2000
Latitude:	28°27.548'N
Longitude:	12°52.156'E
Mass (g):	133
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	31.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	26
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.2
Classifier:	J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Comments:	br, sv

Institutions
and collections

Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 28'N, 12° 52'E)
Recommended::	(28° 27' 33"N, 12° 52' 10"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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