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Basic information | Name: Calama 014 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Chile Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Aug 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 107:
Calama 014 22°26.27’S, 68°51.27’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 11 Feb 2018 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) Petrography: Monomict breccia composed of mostly rounded basaltic eucrite clasts in a sparse matrix of related crystalline debris. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, chromite and troilite. Geochemistry: Host orthopyroxene (Fs58.6-60.0Wo2.8-4.1, FeO/MnO = 31±0.6, N=24). Clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs29.5-30.6Wo40.1-40.4; FeO/MnO = 32±0.8, N=16). Plagioclase (An88.2-89.0Or0.9-1.0, N=10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2370 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2399 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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