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Catalina 393

Basic information

Name: Catalina 393
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass: 360 g

Classification
history:

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L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 726 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 1 Aug 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Catalina 393 25°14’S, 69°43’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2010 Apr 14

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Matrix-poor chondrite with well-delineated chondrules. Olivine is zoned. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_12.0±7.4, range Fa_0.6-19.8, Fa PMD 55% (n=8). Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.04 wt% (n=6). Low-Ca pyroxene Fa_11.7±8.1Wo_1.3±0.9(n=4), range Fs_3.9-22.7.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group from magnetic susceptibility interpreted in the light of the weathering grade.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Eric Christensen.

Data from:
  MB110
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2010 Apr 14
Latitude:	25°14'S
Longitude:	69°43'W
Mass (g):	359.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	12.0±7.4 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.7±8.1 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:	4.90
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ491; 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 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 14'S, 69° 43'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2063 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2091 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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