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Hamadat Murzùq 002

Basic information

Name: Hamadat Murzùq 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HM 002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 538 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6426 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 153:

Date:	Nov 1999
Latitude:	26°15'N
Longitude:	13°01'E
Mass (g):	538
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17
Classifier:	L. Folco and C. Ferraris (MNA-SI)
Main mass:	anonymous finder

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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(26° 15'N, 13° 1'E)
Recommended::	(26° 15'N, 13° 1'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Awbari, Libya
This is 1 of 1540 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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