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Vaquillas 001
Basic information Name: Vaquillas 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Chile
Mass:help 3.75 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Jan 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:27 Jan 2014
Latitude:25°20.737'S
Longitude:69°21.399'W
Mass (g):3753
Pieces:many
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):25.4±0.76 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9±0.61 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.16
Classifier:Ebert, S. and Bischoff, A., IfP
Type spec mass (g):22.7
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:jMET
Finder:R. Rein and S. Moreno
Comments:Shock veins. Dozens of fragments in an area of 10m; submitted by Ebert Samuel
Institutions
   and collections
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
jMet: , Germany; Website (private address; updated 12 Apr 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 20' 44"S, 69° 21' 24"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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