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Calama 103
Basic information Name: Calama 103
     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 12 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 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 2 Aug 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:16 Oct 2019
Latitude:22°27.46'S
Longitude:68°37.07'W
Mass (g):12
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.1±0.3 (N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0±0.4 (N=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.3 (N=13)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):2.9
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. Atali Agakhanov, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. Atali Agakhanov
Comments:Field name is A001; analyst A. Agakhanov (Fersman Mineralogical Museum), T. Kryachko; submitted by Lorenz C.A., 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 27' 28"S, 68° 37' 4"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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