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Calama 034
Basic information Name: Calama 034
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 10 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 682 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 15 Dec 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:24 Mar 2019
Latitude:22°27.76'S
Longitude:68°48.80'W
Mass (g):10.0
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):20.2±1.3 (N=21, PMD 6.5%)
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.2±6.0 (N=27)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7±0.4 (N=27)
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):2.0
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:field name Calama M5-11; Estimated subtype 3.9. Analyst T. Kryachko (Technograd, Moscow).; submitted by C. A. Lorenz (Vernad)
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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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' 46"S, 68° 48' 48"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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