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| Basic information | Name: Caleta el Cobre 051 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: CeC 051 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Chile Mass:  7.75 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 13 Feb 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Caleta el Cobre 051 (CeC 051) 24°13’13.2"S, 70°18’22.1"W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2018 Apr 14 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) Physical characteristics: Brown stone. Cut face reveals a breccia with gray clasts in a black matrix. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Melt-supported breccia, with clasts of type 6 ordinary chondrite. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6-melt breccia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018) MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2514 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2543 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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