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Calama 045
Basic information Name: Calama 045
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Chile
Mass:help 50.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [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:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Limestone plain
Date:2016 Oct 21
Latitude:22°25.830'S
Longitude:068°48.482'W
Mass (g):50.2
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.4±0.5 (N=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.1±0.5 (N=18)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.5 (N=18)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):18
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:Ion Ander Lanza
Finder:Ion Ander Lanza-Emma Ardanaz
Comments:Field name: Met-2016b-027; submitted by David Allepuz
Institutions
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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° 25' 50"S, 68° 48' 29"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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