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Calama 033

Basic information

Name: Calama 033
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass: 126.4 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6438 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [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 033 22°08.81’S, 68°37.37’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 29 Mar 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

Geochemistry: Mineral composition and Geochemistry: EDS-WDS analyses (V.I. Taskaev, IGEM RAS). The primary chondrite paragenesis includes olivine Fa_18.48±1.12(N=14) orthopyroxene Fs_16.1±1.0Wo_1.6±0.38(N=14)

Classification: (Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR). Ordinary chondrite, H6, S1, W1

Specimens: Mr. T. Kryachko holds main mass 99.2 g. 27.2 g and thin section, FMMR.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	plain
Date:	29 Mar 2019
Latitude:	22°08.81'S
Longitude:	68°37.37'W
Mass (g):	126.4
Pieces:	Many
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.48±1.12(N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1±1.0(N=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.38 (N=14)
Classifier:	Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR
Type spec mass (g):	27.2
Type spec location:	FMMR
Main mass:	Mr. T. Kryachko, bredfield@mail.ru
Finder:	Mr. T. Kryachko
Comments:	field name is T-5-41; FMM name is FN329; submitted by Pavel Yu. Plechov, pplechov@gmail.com

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Timur Kryachko

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 8' 49"S, 68° 37' 22"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2370 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2399 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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