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Calama 170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Calama 170 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: Chile Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 694 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup![]() |
Writeup from MB 110:
Calama 170 22°27.13’S, 68°38.81’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 19 Mar 2021 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) Petrography: The meteorite is composed of well-delineated chondrules 80–1400 µm in size (average 378 µm). Minor minerals are Fe,Ni metal, troilite and chromite. Olivine in chondrules has sharp extinction. Geochemistry: Fa PMD 28.5%. Analyst A. Agakhanov, FMMR, and T. Kryachko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) 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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Geography:![]() |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2908 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2937 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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