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Rencoret 001

Basic information

Name: Rencoret 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Chile
Mass: 1992 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 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)

Comments:

Approved 11 Dec 2012

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Rencoret
Date:	1996
Latitude:	23°10'32" S
Longitude:	69°43'06" W
Mass (g):	1992
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.8±1.1
Classifier:	Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	33.1
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Edmundo Martinez
Comments:	Submitted by Alan Rubin

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(23° 10' 32"S, 69° 43' 6"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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