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Sierra Gorda 042
Basic information Name: Sierra Gorda 042
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 260 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 10 Oct 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2 Apr 2018
Latitude:22°30.98'S
Longitude:69°07.46'W
Mass (g):260
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.1±0.3 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.0±0.2 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.2 (N=12)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):52.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:I. Chaplygin, [email protected]
Finder:Chaplygin Ilya
Comments:field name is 011, analyst T. Kryachko (Technograd, Moscow); 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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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 30' 59"S, 69° 7' 28"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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