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Sierra Gorda 017
Basic information Name: Sierra Gorda 017
     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 163.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 26 Apr 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2018 Oct 13
Latitude: 22°30.42'S
Longitude: 69°2.97'W
Mass (g):163.7
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:4.86
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mr. Evgeny Tsys, Mrs. Ksenia Rybka
Finder:Mr. Evgeny Tsys, Mrs. Ksenia Rybka
Comments:work name KY02; Abundant shock veins and melt pockets.; submitted by Jerome Gattacceca
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 30' 25"S, 69° 2' 58"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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