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| Basic information | Name: Catalina 107 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Chile Mass:  520 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 30 Jun 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Catalina 107 ~25°14’S, ~69°43’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2014 May 17 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB) History: The meteorite was found in May 2014 by R. Martinez in the Atacama desert. Physical characteristics: A single stone with remnant of fusion crust. Cut surface shows an unweathered metallic interior. After etching the meteorite displays Widmanstätten patterns with the outer 2 mm showing a recrystallized texture. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Coarse octahedrite structure with kamacite lamellae about 2 mm wide, interstitial ribbons of taenite in some places, plessite and schreibersite. Geochemistry: Composition: Co, 5.04 mg/g; Ni, 80.0 mg/g; Ga, 20.0 μg/g; As, 5.55 μg/g; Ir 3.34 μg/g; Au, 0.743 μg/g Classification: The meteorite is a IIIAB iron based on composition and structure. It is resolved from all other South American iron meteorites by its chemical composition. Minimal weathering. Specimens: 21.3 g at CEREGE. Main mass at MMC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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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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