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Hammadah al Hamra 286
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 286
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 286
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 612 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 616 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 156:
Date:Mar 2000
Latitude:29°03.341'N
Longitude:13°07.162'E
Mass (g):612
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Shock stage:S4
Ferrosilite (mol%):55-60
Classifier:A. Bischoff and L. Niemann (Mün)
Main mass:JNMC
Comments:An77-92; CPX: Fs28-38Wo32-43
Institutions
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JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 3'N, 13° 7'E)
     Recommended::   (29° 3' 20"N, 13° 7' 10"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 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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