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Name: ALTA'AMEEM
Place of fall: About 100 m N. of the village of Humaira, northern Iraq.
35°16'24"N., 44°12'56"E. (approx.).
Date of fall: August 20, 1977 between 1030 and 1100 hrs.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite.
Number of individual specimens: 1, broken on impact into many fragments.
Total weight: 6 kg approx. recovered.
Circumstances of fall: After at least one detonation, villagers reported hearing a humming sound that ended when the meteorite struck the ground.
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The Alta'ameem (LL5) meteorite fell in At Ta'min, Iraq, on the 20th August, 1977.
A total mass of 6 kg was recovered.

35° 16' 24"N, 44° 12' 56"E



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