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Calama 126
Basic information Name: Calama 126
     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 13.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Nov 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:30 Mar 2019
Latitude:22°27.72'S
Longitude:68°49.27'W
Mass (g):13.08
Pieces:2
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.6±0.4 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.8±0.2 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.2 (N=12)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):3.0
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:I. Chaplygin, [email protected]
Finder:Ilya Chaplygin
Comments:field name is 061, 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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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 27' 43"S, 68° 49' 16"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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