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Hammadah al Hamra 329
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 329
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 329
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 121 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 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:
  MB88
  Table 7
  Line 40:
Date:Oct 1999
Latitude:29°12.68'N
Longitude:11°53.92'E
Mass (g):121
Pieces:3
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.7
Classifier:P. P. Sipiera and K. J. Cole
Type spec mass (g):26
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:Pelisson
Institutions
   and collections
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Pelisson: Richard and Roland Pelisson, 270 Rue de la Cascade, 38660 La Terrasse, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 12' 41"N, 11° 53' 55"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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