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Catalina 319

Basic information

Name: Catalina 319
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 35.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 805 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 14 Jun 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Catalina 319 24°56’05.8’’S, 069°58’55.5’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Feb 19

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Found on granodiorite pediment surface by a six-person team.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined, packed chondrules. Opaques are Fe,Ni metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_16.5±9.1, Fa PMD 51%, Cr₂O₃ 0.06±0.05 wt%. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_19.5±6.6Wo_0.7±0.2(n=5).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group from magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Sergey Vasiliev.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Gravel pediment
Date:	2017 Feb 19
Latitude:	24°56'05.8''S
Longitude:	069°58'55.5''W
Mass (g):	35.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	16.5±9.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.5±6.6 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.7±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.72
Classifier:	Jérôme Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	7.8
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Sergey Vasiliev
Finder:	S. Vasiliev/M. Jost
Comments:	work name SVMC002; 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)

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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::	(24° 56' 6"S, 69° 58' 55"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2514 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2543 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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