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Limón Verde 008
Basic information Name: Limón Verde 008
     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 3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  CK5
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 215 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 9 Feb 2020
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 109:

Limón Verde 008        22°30.07’S, 68°51.74’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 20 Oct 2019

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

History: The meteorite was found by Mr. M. Nepomiluev during a visual search for meteorites in the Atacama desert.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with pebble-like shape has fractured black fusion crust. Total mass of the stone is 3 g.

Petrography: (C. A. Lorenz, Vernad). The meteorite is composed of recrystallized granular matrix joining the chondrules, chondrule fragments and large mineral grains. The contacts of chondrules and matrix are poorly delineated. The meteorite contains olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, magnetite, spinel, ilmenite, pentlandite and pyrrhotite. Olivine has weak undulatory optical extinction, irregular and minor planar fractures; magnetite contains fine exsolution lamellae and inclusions of spinel and ilmenite.

Geochemistry: Mineral composition and geochemistry: (T. Kryachko, Technograd, Moscow) Olivine Fa30.9±0.26 (N=17), Ni in olivine is 0.36±0.08 wt%; clinopyroxene En8.16-23.6Wo6.02-45.6; rare low-Ca pyroxene En25.3Wo0.77; magnetite (wt%): Cr 6.38±1.35; Ti 0.40±0.18; Al 2.5±0.27 (N=12).

Classification: CK chondrite of type 5 (CK5), shock stage is S2, weathering index is wi-1.

Specimens: Type specimen of 1.23 g and thin polished section are on deposit in Vernad. Mr. M. Nepomiluev holds the main mass of the meteorite.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:20 Oct 2019
Latitude:22°30.07'S
Longitude:68°51.74'W
Mass (g):3
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:wi-1
Fayalite (mol%):30.9±0.26 (N=17)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):1.23
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:field name is Calama 6-24M; submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
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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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 30' 4"S, 68° 51' 44"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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