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Hammadah al Hamra 213
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 213
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 213
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1209 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  L3-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3-6
Recommended:  L3-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 278:
Date:1997
Latitude:28°28.92'N
Longitude:13°19.12'E
Mass (g):1209
Pieces:10
Class:L3-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.8±2.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.3±3.0
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, analyzed by D. Weber, L. Niemann, K. Pollok, and A. Jäckel (Mün)
Main mass:some at MNB
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Don Edwards   
Matteo Chinellato   
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 29'N, 13° 19'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 28' 55"N, 13° 19' 7"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
     This is 1 of 1547 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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