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Calate 017

Basic information

Name: Calate 017
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 1900 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 27 Sep 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Calate 017 21°34.97’S, 69°36.83’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 19 Oct 2017

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Geochemistry: Mineral composition and Geochemistry: EDS-WDS analyses (V.I. Taskaev, IGEM RAS). The primary chondrite paragenesis includes olivine Fa_25.11±1.46(N=13) orthopyroxene Fs_20.1±0.6Wo_1.52±0.25(N=12)

Classification: (Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR). Ordinary chondrite, L5, S1, W2

Specimens: Mr. M. Nepomiluev holds main mass about 1.9 kg. 40 g and thin section, FMMR.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	plain
Date:	19 Oct 2017
Latitude:	21°34.97'S
Longitude:	69°36.83'W
Mass (g):	1900
Pieces:	Many
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.11±1.46 (N=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.1±0.6 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.52±0.25 (N=12)
Classifier:	Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR
Type spec mass (g):	40
Type spec location:	FMMR
Main mass:	Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:	Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:	field name is M-2-35; FMM name is FN330; 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::	(21° 34' 58"S, 69° 36' 50"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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