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Paposo 004
Basic information Name: Paposo 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass:help 8.25 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L3.1
Recommended:  L3.1    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as L3.1.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2011 Jun 24
Latitude:25°0'S
Longitude:70°28'W
Mass (g):8250
Pieces:1
Class:L3.1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):21.7±10.8 (PMD=46%, N=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.1±5.1 (PMD=53%, N=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±1.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.60
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):26
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:R. Martinez
Comments:Mean chondrule diameter 680 um. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine is 0.27±0.33 wt.% (N=8) up to 0.99 wt.%. Estimated sub-type 3.10 based on olivine PMD and Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine.; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections
CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 0'S, 70° 28'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3384 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3413 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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