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Hammadah al Hamra 344
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 344
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 344
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 2.32 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H~6
Recommended:  H~6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Aug 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Gharyan
Date:2000 Aug 18
Latitude:28°59.439' N
Longitude:12°58.791' E
Mass (g):2318.4
Pieces:14
Class:H~6
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:5.03
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bart
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
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Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 59' 26"N, 12° 58' 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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