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Pampa (e) | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Pampa (e) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 Country: Chile Mass: 10 kg | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 78:
Pampa (e) Between Antofagasta and Mejillones, Chile Found 1987 and 1991 Ordinary chondrite (L6, S1) Several stones with a total mass of ~10 kg were found by Edmundo Martinez de los Rios in 1987. In 1991, he and Michael Zolensky found additional material (10 g). Classification and analysis: olivine Fa25.0; pyroxene Fs23.0; information: Michael Zolensky, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA. The main mass is in the possession of Mr. Martinez de los Rios with some additional material at NASA/JSC. See also, Martinez et al. (1992). | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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