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Calama 157
Basic information Name: Calama 157
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 261 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 29 May 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:28 Mar 2019
Latitude:22°28.94'S
Longitude:68°48.94'W
Mass (g):261
Pieces:many
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.3±0.2 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5±0.4 (N=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.2 (N=10)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):47.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:I. Chaplygin, [email protected]
Finder:Ilya Chaplygin
Comments:field name is 058, analyst A. Agakhanov (Fersman Mineralogical Museum), T. Kryachko; submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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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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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 28' 56"S, 68° 48' 56"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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