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Caleta el Cobre 067
Basic information Name: Caleta el Cobre 067
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 067
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1353 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L6-melt breccia
Recommended:  L6-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 79 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Caleta el Cobre 067 (CeC 067)        24°14’30.5"S, 70°18’24.4"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Apr 14

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Melt rock supported breccia with type 6 chondritic clasts.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6-melt breccia). Likely paired with Caleta el Cobre 051.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2018 Apr 14
Latitude:24°14'30.5"S
Longitude:70°18'24.4"W
Mass (g):1353
Pieces:1
Class:L6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.3 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Magnetic suscept.:5.05
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):28
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:work name RM650; 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)
MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014)
Catalogs:
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° 14' 31"S, 70° 18' 24"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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