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Calama 032

Basic information

Name: Calama 032
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass: 28 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 27 Sep 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Calama 032 22°27.39’S, 68°48.58’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 24 Mar 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Geochemistry: Mineral composition and Geochemistry: EDS-WDS analyses (V.I. Taskaev, IGEM RAS). The primary chondrite paragenesis includes olivine Fa_18.72±0.36(N=10), orthopyroxene Fs_16.1±0.3Wo_1.19±0.19(N=10),Composition of kamacite(in wt., %): Fe 92.65, Ni 6.29, Co 0.78 and taenite (in wt., %, N=2): Fe 49.71, Ni 49.07, Co 0.35

Classification: (Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR). Ordinary chondrite. H5, S1, W1

Specimens: Mr. M. Nepomiluev holds main mass 22.4 g. 5.6 g and thin section, FMMR.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	plain
Date:	24 Mar 2019
Latitude:	22°27.39'S
Longitude:	68°48.58'W
Mass (g):	28
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.72±0.36 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1±0.3 (N=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.19±0.19 (N=10)
Classifier:	Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR
Type spec mass (g):	5.6
Type spec location:	FMMR
Main mass:	Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:	Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:	field name is M-5-8; FMM name is FN327; submitted by Pavel Yu. Plechov, [email protected]

Institutions
and collections

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)
FMMR: Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Leninskiy prospekt 18 korpus 2, Moscow, Russia, 119071, Russia; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Feb 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::	(22° 27' 23"S, 68° 48' 35"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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