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Calama 076

Basic information

Name: Calama 076
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass: 443 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2021)	Diogenite
Recommended:			Diogenite [explanation]

This is 1 of 545 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 17 Feb 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Calama 076 22°29.320’S, 68° 53.347’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2019 Mar 30

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

History: Found on March 30, 2019, by Jimmy Pizarro and Alfonso Viera

Physical characteristics: One stone with some patch of fusion crust.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Pyroxenite with grain size 1.5 mm. Mineralogy: ultradominant pyroxene, and minor metal, silica, chromite, troilite.

Geochemistry: Pyroxene Fs_22.5±0.7Wo_1.6±0.3, FeO/MnO=32.2±3.0 (n=7)

Classification: Achondrite (diogenite)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE, main mass with Kuntz

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2019 Mar 30
Latitude:	22°29.320'S
Longitude:	68° 53.347'W
Mass (g):	443
Pieces:	1
Class:	Diogenite
Weathering grade:	minor
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.5±0.7 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:	3.63
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	20.00
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	Jimmy Pizarro and Alfonso Viera
Comments:	work name K453; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Bullock E., Chennaoui Aoudjehane H., Debaille V., D’Orazio M., Komatsu M., Miao B. and Schrader D. L. (2021) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56, 1626–1630.

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Photos:

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Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Ryan Upchurch

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 29' 19"S, 68° 53' 21"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3632 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3661 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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