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Catalina 256

Basic information

Name: Catalina 256
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Chile
Mass: 5.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	LL5
Recommended:			LL5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 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 7 Apr 2018

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	24 Oct 2016
Latitude:	25°3.75'S
Longitude:	69°55.64'W
Mass (g):	5.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	27.6±0.9 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.7±0.3 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9±0.2 (N=12)
Classifier:	C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):	3.7
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	Vernad
Finder:	Mr. S. E. Borisovsky
Comments:	Field name is 5-1; analyst S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); submitted by C. A. Lorenz (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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 3' 45"S, 69° 55' 38"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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