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Hammadah al Hamra 028
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 028
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 028
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Libya
Mass:help 143 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 71  (1991)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8/4
Recommended:  H3.8/4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.8/4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB71
  Table 4
  Line 7:
Latitude:28°49'N
Longitude:12°44'E
Mass (g):143
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany; analysts: A. Bischoff, W. Beckerling, M. EndreB, T. Geiger, T. Grund, K. Metzler
Type spec location:A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany
Main mass:finder
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   and collections		 Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 49'N, 12° 44'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 49'N, 12° 44'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 213 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1506 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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