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Hammadah al Hamra 306
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 306
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 306
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 378 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H4/5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [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 51:
Date:18 Aug 2000
Latitude:28°41.91'N
Longitude:13°02.47'E
Mass (g):378
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:Mün
Institutions
   and collections
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 42'N, 13° 2'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 41' 55"N, 13° 2' 28"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 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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