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Calama 137

Basic information

Name: Calama 137
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass: 165.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 13 Feb 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Calama 137 22°26’18.40"S, 68°51’2.90"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

History: Found in Chile by an anonymous finder. Provided to Fabien Kuntz by Jimmy Pizarro.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed well-defined chondrules with average apparent diameter about 400 µm. Opaque are metal and sulfides. Chondrule mesosatis is devitrified.

Geochemistry: Olivine core down to Fa_9.8.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB110
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2019
Latitude:	22°26'18.40"S
Longitude:	68°51'2.90"W
Mass (g):	165.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19.9±0.1 (n=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.5 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	5.00
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name K468; 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., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4

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Photos:

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Ryan Upchurch

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 26' 18"S, 68° 51' 3"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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