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Caleta el Cobre 021
Basic information Name: Caleta el Cobre 021
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 021
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass:help 37.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Jul 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2011 Oct 28
Latitude:~24°15'S
Longitude:~70°31'W
Mass (g):37.3
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.3±2.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.2±1.5
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.91
Classifier:A. Hutzler, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):15
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:CEREGE
Finder:Jérôme Gattacceca
Comments:PMD Fs=7%. Magnetic susceptibility is unusually high for a W3 L chondrite.; 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 15'S, 70° 31'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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