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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:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 111	(2023)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) 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 10 Jun 2023)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?

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Geography:

Chile

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

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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