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Catalina 132

Basic information

Name: Catalina 132
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Chile
Mass: 20 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 811 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 18 Jul 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Catalina 132 ~25°14’S, ~69°43’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2012 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: Abundant closely packed, well-delineated chondrules

Geochemistry: Olivine in the range Fa_0.6-31.6(mean Fa_16.7±9.5, PMD=46%, N=14). Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.04±0.04 wt.% (N=13). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_20.8±10.1Wo_1.8±1.2(PMD Fs = 41%, N=7). Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.69 (χ in 10^-9 m³/kg).

Classification: L3. L classification based on magnetic susceptibility.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2012 Feb
Latitude:	~25°14'S
Longitude:	~69°43'W
Mass (g):	20
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	16.7±9.5 (PMD 46%, N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.8±10.1 (PMD 41%, N=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8±1.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.69
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	4.6
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Michael Warner
Finder:	Michael Warner
Comments:	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)

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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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael Warner

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 14'S, 69° 43'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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