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Hammadah al Hamra 298
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 298
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 298
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 100 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12401 approved meteorites (plus 8 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)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 43:
Date:Nov 2000
Latitude:25°05'N
Longitude:12°28'E
Mass (g):100
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec mass (g):14.1
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Institutions
   and collections		 MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (25° 5'N, 12° 28'E)
     Recommended::   (29° 5'N, 12° 28'E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 443.2 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1539 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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