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Hammadah al Hamra 017

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 017
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 017
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Libya
Mass: 339 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 73	(1992)	L/LL5/6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L/LL5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L/LL5/6
Recommended:			L/LL5/6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as L/LL5/6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB73
  Table 4
  Line 4:

Latitude:	29°02'N
Longitude:	12°25'E
Mass (g):	339
Pieces:	2
Class:	L/LL5/6
Fayalite (mol%):	26.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.8
Classifier:	A. Bischoff and T. Geiger, Institut fir Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-4400 Munster, Germany.; Analysts: A. Bischoff, T. Geiger, T. Grund
Main mass:	Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Berlin Germany (also the Algerian meteorites listed in Bulletin 71 72)
Comments:	Sh-v

Institutions
and collections

Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 2'N, 12° 25'E)
Recommended::	(29° 2'N, 12° 25'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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