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Altamira 002
Basic information Name: Altamira 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Chile
Mass:help 566 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12313 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Nov 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:02 Feb 2015
Latitude:25°47.689'S
Longitude:69°49.774'W
Mass (g):566.0
Pieces:5
Class:L6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.9±0.5 (N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8±0.5 (N=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±0.4 (N=16)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):25
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:José Vicente Casado
Comments:Field name: Met-2015-021; submitted by David Allepuz
Institutions
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UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 47' 41"S, 69° 49' 46"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2620 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2649 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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