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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 664 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2304 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 8 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2333 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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