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Hammadah al Hamra 331

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 331
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 331
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Libya
Mass: 2.2 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	L5/6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5/6
Recommended:			L5/6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 192 approved meteorites classified as L5/6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 31:

Date:	19 Mar 2003
Latitude:	29°49.115'N
Longitude:	12°56.788'E
Mass (g):	2197
Pieces:	many
Class:	L5/6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.5
Classifier:	A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):	26.3
Type spec location:	Ham, Mün and Mainz
Main mass:	Industrial Research Center (IRC) Tripoli
Comments:	terrestrial cv

Institutions
and collections

Ham: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
IRC: Industrial Research Center, Tripoli, Libya (institutional address)
Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(29° 49' 7"N, 12° 56' 47"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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