Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Catalina 257

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Catalina 257

Basic information

Name: Catalina 257
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass: 42 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H3-6
Recommended:			H3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 19 Apr 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Catalina 257 ~25°14’S, ~69°43’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2010 Apr 14

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3-6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined, packed chondrules. One 3 mm type 6 clast.

Geochemistry: Type 3 host lithology: olivine Fa_18.2±1.9, PMD = 9%, (N=6), low-Ca pyroxene Fs_16.9±0.5(N=3). Type 6 clast: olivine Fa_19.7(N=1), orthopyroxene Fs_17.7Wo_1.4.

Data from:
  MB107
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2010 Apr 14
Latitude:	~25°14'S
Longitude:	~69°43'W
Mass (g):	42
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3-6
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.2±1.9 (N=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.9±0.5 (N=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	5.16
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	11
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ492; 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 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

Chile

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

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2272 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 8 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2301 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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