Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Limón Verde 001

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Limón Verde 001

Basic information

Name: Limón Verde 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Chile
Mass: 2.72 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	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 20 Feb 2014

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2012 Sep 7
Latitude:	22°35.813' S
Longitude:	68°42.521'W
Mass (g):	2717
Pieces:	34
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.8±0.3 (N=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.7±0.8 (PMD=4%, N=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.78
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, M. Aboulahris
Type spec mass (g):	81
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Photos:

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Michael Warner

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 35' 49"S, 68° 42' 31"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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