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Calama 040

Basic information

Name: Calama 040
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Chile
Mass: 551 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 6826 approved meteorites (plus 6 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 15 Dec 2019

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Limestone plain
Date:	2016 Feb 17
Latitude:	22°26.644'S
Longitude:	068°39.592'W
Mass (g):	550.7
Pieces:	4
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.7±0.3 (N=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.0±0.3 (N=19)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2±0.4 (N=19)
Classifier:	J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):	25
Type spec location:	UPC
Main mass:	Josep Maria Bosch Ignes
Finder:	Josep Maria Bosch Ignes
Comments:	Field name: Met-2016-003; submitted by David Allepuz

Institutions
and collections

UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)

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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° 26' 39"S, 68° 39' 36"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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