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Limón Verde 024
Basic information Name: Limón Verde 024
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Chile
Mass:help 94 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 690 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 7 May 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Limón Verde 024        22°30.46’S, 68°47.45’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 20 Nov 2022

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography: The meteorite contains mostly chondrule and mineral fragments surrounded by a fine-grained brecciated matrix. The complete well lineated chondrules are minor. The chondrules are of BO, RO, RP, GO, GOP and minor CC types. Chondrule mesostasis contains isotropic glass. Olivine has weak undulatory extinction and irregular fractures. Occasional melt veins and metal-troilite-silicate melt pockets are present

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Olivine Fa18.5±6.3 (N=23); PMD Fa=34%; pyroxene Fs11.1±6.1Wo1.3±1.3 (N=25)

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:20 Nov 2022
Latitude:22°30.46'S
Longitude:68°47.45'W
Mass (g):94
Pieces:5
Class:H3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.5±6.3 (N=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.1±6.1 (N=25)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±1.3 (N=25)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):22.4
Type spec location:Vernad.
Main mass:Mr. T. Kryachko, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. T. Kryachko
Comments:Field name is 9-52; analyst T. Kryachko (Technograd, Moscow); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 30' 28"S, 68° 47' 27"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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