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Hammadah al Hamra 297

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 297
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 297
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass: 786 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 42:

Date:	Nov 2000
Latitude:	29°10'N
Longitude:	12°19'E
Mass (g):	786
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	17
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14
Classifier:	A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec mass (g):	16.3
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294

Institutions
and collections

MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 10'N, 12° 19'E)
Recommended::	(29° 10'N, 12° 19'E)

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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