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Calama 004

Basic information

Name: Calama 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 1100 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 6 Dec 2017

Data from:
  MB106
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	23 Mar 2017
Latitude:	22°23.56S
Longitude:	68°36.99W
Mass (g):	1100
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.9±0.2 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.4±0.3 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7±0.4 (N=12)
Classifier:	Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):	105.7
Type spec location:	Vernad.
Main mass:	Zacharchuk E. [email protected]
Finder:	Zacharchuk E., Kryachko T.
Comments:	Field name is ChiuChiu046; analyst S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad

Institutions
and collections

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Timur Kryachko

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 23' 34"S, 68° 36' 59"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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