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Catalina 257 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Fa18.2±1.9, PMD = 9%, (N=6), low-Ca pyroxene Fs16.9±0.5 (N=3). Type 6 clast: olivine Fa19.7 (N=1), orthopyroxene Fs17.7Wo1.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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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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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