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| Basic information | Name: Majes 005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: Peru Mass:  4.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 26 Mar 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Majes 005 16°31.85’S, 72°21.81’W Arequipa, Peru Find: 20 Oct 2021 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) Petrography: The meteorite is composed of chondrules (average diameter 800 µm), chondrule fragments and mineral grains joined together by minor fine-grained clastic matrix impregnated by iron hydroxide. The chondrules are of the BO, PO, PP, BP, POP and minor CC types. The chondrule mesostasis is mostly isotropic glass. Fe,Ni metal is almost completely replaced by the terrestrial hydroxides. locally, replacement of olivine by oxides and clay minerals occurs around fractures. Olivine has mostly sharp optical extinction and irregular fractures, some grains have undulatory extinction. Geochemistry: Fa PMD is 15.8%. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Arequipa, Peru This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Peru (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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