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Caleta el Cobre 036
Basic information Name: Caleta el Cobre 036
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 036
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 550 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 30 Nov 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Caleta el Cobre 036 (CeC 036)        24°17.678’S, 70°19.746’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Melt rock supported breccia with type 6 ordinary chondrite clasts. Opaques are metal and sulfides. Chondrule average apparent diameter around 700 µm.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2018 Dec
Latitude:24°17.678'S
Longitude:70°19.746'W
Mass (g):550
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:4.79
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):51.1
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name LM90/F41; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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° 17' 41"S, 70° 19' 45"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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