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| Basic information | Name: Pampa (a) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: Chile Mass:  380 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE PAMPA (a), CHILE, STONY METEORITE Name: PAMPA (a) Place of find: 10 km N. of Pampa, between Antofagasta and Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile. 23°12'S., 70°26'W. Date of find: February 25, 1986 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25. Number of Individual specimens: 2 Total weight: 370 g Circumstances of find: Found by a Chilean prospector. Source: W. Zeitschel, PO. Box 2340, Hanau, West Germany. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2687 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2716 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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