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Pampa de Mejillones 004
Basic information Name: Pampa de Mejillones 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PdM 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Chile
Mass:help 3.16 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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 9 Dec 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1733:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:May 2003
Latitude:23°12'17.3"S
Longitude:70°27'0.7"W
Mass (g):3155
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4/5
Fayalite (mol%):25.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.34
Classifier:M. Zolensky, JSC; M. Valenzuela, Chil
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:SI
Main mass:Rodrigo Martínez
Finder:Rodrigo Martínez
Comments:field name Pampa J; submitted by P. Rochette and M. Valenzuela
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)
Chil: Departamento de Geología Facultad de Cs. Fís. y Matem. Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803 Santiago, Chile 8370450, Chile (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2021)
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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° 12' 17"S, 70° 27' 1"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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