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Salar de Atacama

Basic information

Name: Salar de Atacama
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Chile
Mass: 223 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

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)

Comments:

Approved 30 Jun 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1861:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	July 2008
Latitude:	23°49.56'S
Longitude:	68°34.33'W
Mass (g):	223
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6± 0.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.8±1.0
Classifier:	M. Bourot-Denise
Type spec mass (g):	24.5
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	Y. Sékula
Finder:	Y. Sékula
Comments:	Complete stone veined with FeS+metal and melted pockets.; submitted by M. Bourot-Denise

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(23° 49' 34"S, 68° 34' 20"W)

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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