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Hammadah al Hamra 318
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 318
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 318
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Libya
Mass:help 14 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 7
  Line 82:
Date:Feb 2001
Latitude:29°22.71'N
Longitude:11°32.78'E
Mass (g):14
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2/3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.9
Classifier:V. Moggi Cecchi and G. Pratesi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):14
Finder:G. Pratesi, MSP
Institutions
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MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 22' 43"N, 11° 32' 47"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites from Ghadamis, Libya (plus 2 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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