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Hammadah al Hamra 150

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 150
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 150
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass: 932 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	LL5-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL5-6
Recommended:			LL5-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 16:

Latitude:	28°39.78'N
Longitude:	13°28.19'E
Mass (g):	932
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL5-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	29.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24.2
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	anonymous finder or 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. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 39' 47"N, 13° 28' 11"E)
Recommended::	(28° 39' 47"N, 13° 28' 11"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 11.8 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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