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Vaquillas 003

Basic information

Name: Vaquillas 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Chile
Mass: 512 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 5 Jan 2015

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert
Date:	30 Jan 2014
Latitude:	25°21.113'S
Longitude:	69°27.264'W
Mass (g):	512
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.3±0.25 (n=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.3±1.40 (n=19)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.6±0.31
Classifier:	Ebert, S. and Bischoff, A., IfP
Type spec mass (g):	26.4
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	jMET
Finder:	R. Rein and S. Moreno
Comments:	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)

Catalogs:

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° 21' 7"S, 69° 27' 16"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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