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Catalina 140
Basic information Name: Catalina 140
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1691 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  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 20 Jan 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Jul 04
Latitude:~25°14'S
Longitude:~69°43'W
Mass (g):1691
Pieces:several
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):22.6±5.9 (11.3-28.5, PMD 20%, N=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5±0.5 (19.8-21.0, PMD 2%, N=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:4.77
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):41
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Eric Christensen
Finder:Eric Christensen
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 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

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