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Vaquillas 004

Basic information

Name: Vaquillas 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Chile
Mass: 1130 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 31 Jan 2015

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert
Date:	30 Jan 2014
Latitude:	25°20.533'S
Longitude:	69°26.154'W
Mass (g):	1130
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	22.2±5.0 (n=22)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.2±4.9 (n=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.7±0.5
Classifier:	Ebert, S. and Bischoff, A., IfP
Type spec mass (g):	22.3
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	jMET
Finder:	R. Rein and S. Moreno
Comments:	Breccia; Subtype 3.7 estimatedfrom variation in olivine composition.; 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' 32"S, 69° 26' 9"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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