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Paposo 072
Basic information Name: Paposo 072
     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 5.74 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 20 Mar 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Paposo 072        25°10.256’S, 70°04.672’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated chondrite with well delineated chondrules. Chondrule mesostatis is devitrified. Opaque phases are metal and sulfides. Shock darkened with µm sized opaque grains in the silicates and opaque veinlets.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.5±2.4, range Fa23.0-31.1, Fa PMD = 6.3% , Cr2O3 = 0.05±0.02 wt% (n=7). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs11.8±4.9, range Fs5.3-21.0 (n=7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Artmet

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2018 Dec
Latitude:25°10.256'S
Longitude:70°04.672'W
Mass (g):5737
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):25.5±2.4 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.8±4.9 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:4.81
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):87
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name F55/LM92; 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)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)
Catalogs:
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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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 10' 15"S, 70° 4' 40"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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