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| Basic information | Name: Calama 114 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Chile Mass:  356 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 71 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Sep 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Calama 114 22°24.88’S, 68°37.61’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 9 Apr 2018 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) Petrography: The meteorite is a melt-rock matrix breccia, composed of the mm-sized fragments of recrystallized chondritic texture joined together by poorly transparent devitrified melt (~15 vol.%). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2687 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2716 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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