Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Limón Verde 003

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Limón Verde 003

Basic information

Name: Limón Verde 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Chile
Mass: 2.63 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	H3-6
Recommended:			H3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 10 Mar 2014

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2012 Sep 7
Latitude:	22°35.832'S
Longitude:	68°42.594'W
Mass (g):	2634
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3-6
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	21.4±5.5 (PMD=20%, N=9), 20.3±0.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.8±5.5 (PMD=31%, N=7), 17.6±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2±0.8, 1.8±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.12
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, M. Aboulahris
Type spec mass (g):	37
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	Breccia of types 3 and 6 material. Fa and Fs values for each lithology are reported separately. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine of type 3 lithology 0.07±0.09 wt.%, n=9; 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 29 Oct 2018)
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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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 35' 50"S, 68° 42' 36"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2687 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2716 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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