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| Basic information | Name: Tambo del Meteorito This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Chile Mass:  13.8 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6686 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Tambo del Meteorito San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile Found 2002 January 27 Ordinary chondrite (H6) A single 13.84 g stone was found by Mr. Lorenzo Villalobos on the desert surface while searching for Inca pottery fragments. Classification (M. Zolensky, JSC): Olivine, Fa17.0. Low Ca-pyroxene, Fs20.4, CaO >1%. Augite, plagioclase, pentlandite, and troilite are abundant. Shock stage S1, weathering grade W5. Specimens: main mass Edmundo Martinez, type specimen 3 g, SI. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022) SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3160 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3189 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||
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