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Caleta el Cobre 066

Basic information

Name: Caleta el Cobre 066
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 066
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 2.75 kg

Classification
history:

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L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 811 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 12 Feb 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Caleta el Cobre 066 (CeC 066) 24°18.205’S, 70°04.669’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

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

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_20.9±9.1, range Fa_0.9-30.5, Fa PMD 35% (n=12). Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.07±0.13 wt% (n=11). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_15.7±7.8Wo_1.3±0.8, range Fs_5.6-33.2(n=12).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with ArtMet.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Dec
Latitude:	24°18.205'S
Longitude:	70°04.669'W
Mass (g):	2746
Pieces:	2
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	20.9±9.1 (n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.7±7.8 (n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.8
Magnetic suscept.:	4.63
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	34
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name F36/LM89; 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)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 18' 12"S, 70° 4' 40"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2687 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2716 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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