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Sierra Gorda 003
Basic information Name: Sierra Gorda 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 154 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 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 15 Sep 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:06 Apr 2018
Latitude:22°30.32'S
Longitude:69°08.94'W
Mass (g):154
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.2±0.4 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.9±0.3 (N=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.2 (N=15)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):49.5
Type spec location:Vernad.
Main mass:Ilya Chaplygin, [email protected]
Finder:Ilya Chaplygin
Comments:Field name is Calama025-Ch; analist S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
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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::   (22° 30' 19"S, 69° 8' 56"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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