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Lahmada 005
Basic information Name: Lahmada 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 103.1 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  L4/5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4/5
Recommended:  L4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 11
  Line 6:
Date:1999
Latitude: 27°10'N
Longitude: 9°30'W
Mass (g):103.1
Pieces:1
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3
Classifier:A. Bischoff (Mün),
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:JNMC (except Lahmada 009 7120 g at JNMC)
Comments:breccia
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 10'N, 9° 30'W)
     Recommended::   (27° 10'N, 9° 30'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)
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