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La Yesera 005
Basic information Name: La Yesera 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Chile
Mass:help 2.19 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  Iron, IVA
Recommended:  Iron, IVA    [explanation]

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA.   [show all]
Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

La Yesera 005        23°17.7’S, 70°29.2’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2003 Apr

Classification: Iron meteorite (IVA)

History: Found by Rodrigo Martinezin in 2003, while he was searching for meteorites. Informally known as "Cuenca del Tiburon."

Physical characteristics: A single, roughly parallelepipedic metallic mass.

Petrography: Fine octahedrite with minor fine inclusions of schreibersite and troilite. Bandwidth is 0.3-0.5 mm.

Geochemistry: Bulk composition (INAA, J.T. Wasson, UCLA): Co = 3.89 mg/g; Ni = 74.5 mg/g; Ga = 1.99 μg/g; As = 3.26 μg/g; Ir = 2.62 μg/g; Au = 0.844 μg/g; Ge not determined. The meteorite plots in the IVA fields on element-Au diagrams. Its composition is slightly lower in Au and As but the same in Ni as the mean of two Gibeons used to define the low Au, As end of the Gibeon compositional range. Cosmogenic 36Cl content of 24.8 dpm/kg (measured at CEREGE) clearly excludes it from being a piece of Gibeon, which has no detectable 36Cl.

Classification: Iron, IVA, fine octahedrite

Specimens: Main mass in MMC, type specimen 22 g in CEREGE, 1.2 g INAA slab in UCLA

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Gypsum rich desert surface
Date:2003 Apr
Latitude:23°17.7'S
Longitude:70°29.2'W
Mass (g):2190
Pieces:1
Class:Iron, IVA
Classifier:J. T. Wasson, H. Pourkhorsandi, P. Rochette
Type spec mass (g):25
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:Submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (23° 17' 42"S, 70° 29' 12"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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Synonymshelp: Cuenca del Tiburon (In MB105)
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