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Udeiát el Had
Basic information Name: Udeiát el Had
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Libya
Mass:help 658 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 69  (1990)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 69:
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Udeiat el Had

Agedabia, Cyrenaika, Libya

Found March 1988

Stone. Ordinary chondrite (L6)

A single, crusted mass of 658 g was found in the Udeiat el Had about 50 km SE of the Gheizel meteorite by the same finder. Olivine Fa23, classification and analysis, F. Wlotzka, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, Mainz. Main mass at Max-Planck-Institut, Mainz.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 25'N, 20° 30'E)
     Recommended::   (29° 25'N, 20° 30'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites from Ajdabiya, Libya (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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