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Catalina 197
Basic information Name: Catalina 197
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass:help 7.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Apr 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2009 Dec
Latitude:~25°14'S
Longitude:~69°43'W
Mass (g):7.9
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:4.32
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):3.1
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Michael Warner
Finder:Michael Warner
Comments:work name MWZ7D; Recrystallized chondritic texture. Average plagioclase size above 50 um.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
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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)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography:

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

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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