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Calate 001
Basic information Name: Calate 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Chile
Mass:help 6.18 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 1 Jul 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:26 Oct 2016
Latitude:21°34.91'S
Longitude:69°37.83'W
Mass (g):6180
Pieces:Many
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.50±0.40 (N=31)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.81±0.23 (N=31)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.56±0.16 (N=31)
Classifier:M. A. Ivanova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):1020.5
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Anonymous owner
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Analyst S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM), field number S9. 3 individual samples (2700 g, 2980 g and 500 g) were broken in many pieces.; submitted by M. A. Ivanova
Institutions
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
IGEM: Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny Per., 35, Moscow, 119017 , Russia (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010)
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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::   (21° 34' 55"S, 69° 37' 50"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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