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Catalina 254
Basic information Name: Catalina 254
     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 2.24 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Jan 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:24 Mar 2016
Latitude:25°13'40''S
Longitude:69°49'14''W
Mass (g):2243
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.8±0.2 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6±0.2 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.1 (n=11)
Classifier:Ansgar Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):25.5
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Dario Ruiz
Finder:Dario Ruiz
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 60 um; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 13' 40"S, 69° 49' 14"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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