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Catalina 227

Basic information

Name: Catalina 227
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass: 337 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	LL5
Recommended:			LL5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 15 Jun 2017

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2011 Jun 23
Latitude:	~25°14'S
Longitude:	~69°43'W
Mass (g):	337
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL5
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	3.99
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	work name RM336. Chondritic texture with average plagioclase size below 50 um.; submitted by Jérôme 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)
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 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

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

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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