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Catalina 303

Basic information

Name: Catalina 303
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass: 442 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	Mesosiderite
Recommended:			Mesosiderite [explanation]

This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites

Comments:

Approved 27 Mar 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Catalina 303 25°14’S, 69°43’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2009 Dec 13

Classification: Mesosiderite

Physical characteristics: Dark brown stone. Cut surface reveals abundant metal.

Petrography: Crystalline rock with plagioclase and pyroxene with typical grain size 200 µm. Metal is abundant. Ilmenite, chromite and silica polymorph are present.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene Fs_38.6±0.4Wo_3.8±1.8, FeO/MnO 25.0±1.8 (n=6). Plagiocalse An_93.3Ab_6.5Or_0.2(n=2).

Classification: Mesosiderite

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Eric Christensen

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2009 Dec 13
Latitude:	25°14'S
Longitude:	69°43'W
Mass (g):	441.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	Mesosiderite
Weathering grade:	low
Ferrosilite (mol%):	38.6±0.4 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.8±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	5.40
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, L. Krämer Ruggiu, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	30.7
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen and Michael Warner
Comments:	work name EJ101; 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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael Warner

Geography:

Chile

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

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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