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| Basic information | Name: Lahmada This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  7.36 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6532 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Lahmada Western Sahara Found 1998 Ordinary chondrite (H6) Many fragments of a chondrite totaling 7.36 kg were found in the Lahmada region near the town of Zag. The three largest pieces fit together forming a mass of 3.08 kg. Classification and mineralogy (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Mün): breccia containing shock veins; olivine Fa20.4, pyroxene Fs18.3; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W3. Specimens: main mass, 7.34 kg, JNMC; type specimen, Mün. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 106 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 265 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Lahmada 001 (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||