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| Basic information | Name: Chug Chug 111 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Chile Mass:  340 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 6 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Chug Chug 111 22°29.383’S, 69°09.774’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 27 Oct 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: The meteorite was found in autumn 2019 by Atali Agakhanov during a meteorite searching expedition organized by Timur Kryachko. Physical characteristics: Total mass is about 340 g. The exterior is dark brown whereas the interior of meteorite is rusty brown with visible metal. Petrography: (Kseniya A. Konovalova, FMMR). Petrographic observation of a polished section shows that meteorite consist of visible chondrules in a middle-grain matrix. Chondrules have average size 300-500 µm. Plagioclase grains up to 40 µm (petrological type 5). Metal and troilite are a little oxidized (weathearing grade W1). Olivine have no undulatory extinction, indicating a shock stage of S1. Geochemistry: Mineral composition and Geochemistry: EDS analyses (Atali Agakhanov, Ksenia Konovalova, FMMR). The primary chondrite paragenesis includes olivine 20.06±0.88 (N=24), Low-Ca pyroxene Fs18.1±0.4Wo1.43±0.56 (N=17), high-Ca pyroxene Fs13.8±2.6Wo45.54±2.26 (N=8), plagioclase Ab80.4An14.7Or4.1 (N=5). Composition of kamacite (in wt. %, n = 3): Fe - 91.99, Ni - 6.68, Co - 0.75 Classification: (Kseniya A. Konovalova, FMMR). Ordinary chondrite. H5, S1, W1. Specimens: Atali Agakhanov holds main mass. 20.83 g and thin section - FMMR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
FMMR: Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Leninskiy prospekt 18 korpus 2, Moscow, Russia, 119071, Russia; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Feb 2018) |
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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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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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