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Caleta el Cobre 064 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Caleta el Cobre 064 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: CeC 064 Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Chile Mass: 221 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 99 approved meteorites classified as LL7. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Caleta el Cobre 064 (CeC 064) 24°12’39.8"S, 70°13’36.5"W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2020 Apr 24 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7) Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated ordinary chondrite with clasts (to 3 mm) set in a clastic recrystallized matrix. The clasts consist of a highly recrystallized ordinary chondrite with plagioclase to 200 µm, chromite to 200 µm, and triple junctions. Shock darkened clasts are also present. Rare isolated chondrules are found in the matrix. Plagioclase in the matrix is about 70 µm. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7). Type 7 based on texture and Wo content of orthopyroxene. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass at MMC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 3384 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3413 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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