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Machuca 021
Basic information Name: Machuca 021
     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 92 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Jun 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Machuca 021        22°45’19.9"S, 68°29’41.8"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2019 Aug 05

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Petrography: Shock veins. Likely paired with Machuca 005.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2019 Aug 05
Latitude:22°45'19.9"S
Longitude:68°29'41.8"W
Mass (g):92
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:4.78
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):19
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez, Antonia Mujica
Comments:work name RM674.; 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::   (22° 45' 20"S, 68° 29' 42"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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