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Caleta el Cobre 031

Basic information

Name: Caleta el Cobre 031
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 031
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 1500 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 802 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 20 Oct 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Caleta el Cobre 031 (CeC 031) 24°15’S, 70°31’S

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Found in the Atacama desert.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated packed chondrules. Opaque are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_24.7±2.7, range Fa_18.9-29.5, Fa PMD 7% (n=8). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_19.5±6.8Wo_0.5±0.1, range Fs_12.9-35.8(n=8).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3).

Specimens: Type specimen and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass at ArtMet Collection

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Apr
Latitude:	24°15'S
Longitude:	70°31'S
Mass (g):	1500
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.7±2.7 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.5±6.8 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.5±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.53
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	24
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name LM73/E28; 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)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 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::	(24° 15'S, 70° 31'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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