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Lahmada 018
Basic information Name: Lahmada 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998 or 1999
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 226 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11504 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 11
  Line 19:
Date:1998-1999
Latitude:27°17.10'N
Longitude:9°35.41'W
Mass (g):226
Pieces:many
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4
Classifier:A. Sexton (OU),
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:anonymous finder
Institutions
   and collections
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
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° 17'N, 9° 35'W)
     Recommended::   (27° 17' 6"N, 9° 35' 25"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

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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