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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: 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
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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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael Warner

Geography:

Chile

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

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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