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Hammadah al Hamra 287
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 287
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 287
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 620 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 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:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 157:
Date:Mar 2000
Latitude:28°59.415'N
Longitude:12°56.315'E
Mass (g):620
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):32.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.2
Classifier:A. Bischoff and L. Niemann (Mün)
Main mass:JNMC
Comments:br, sv
Institutions
   and collections
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 59'N, 12° 56'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 59' 25"N, 12° 56' 19"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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