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Catalina 380
Basic information Name: Catalina 380
     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 1520 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 709 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 20 Mar 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Catalina 380        24°54’09.8"S, 69°47’25.8"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Oct 04

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated packed chondrules. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa13.5±6.1, range Fa5.2-20.2, Fa PMD 42%, Cr2O3 0.21±0.20 wt% (n8). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs16.9±1.1Wo1.4±0.6 (n=6).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3).

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2018 Oct 04
Latitude:24°54'09.8"S
Longitude:69°47'25.8"W
Mass (g):1520
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):13.5±6.1 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.9±1.1 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4+0.6
Magnetic suscept.:5.05
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):29
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:work name RM659; 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)
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)
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::   (24° 54' 10"S, 69° 47' 26"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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