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Calama 139
Basic information Name: Calama 139
     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 17.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2018 Oct 27
Latitude:22°28.95'S
Longitude:68°50.75'W
Mass (g):17.6
Pieces:4
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.3 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.1±0.2 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:5.22
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):4
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Evgeny Tsys, Ksenia Rybka
Finder:Ksenia Rybka
Comments:work name KY50; Chondrite with high porosity (19 vol% by point counting, n=218) and well-delineated chondrules (avg apparent diam. 460±220 µm, n=37).; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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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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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 28' 57"S, 68° 50' 45"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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