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Calama 014

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: 251 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

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

Writeup

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 (Fs_58.6-60.0Wo_2.8-4.1, FeO/MnO = 31±0.6, N=24). Clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs_29.5-30.6Wo_40.1-40.4; FeO/MnO = 32±0.8, N=16). Plagioclase (An_88.2-89.0Or_0.9-1.0, N=10)

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	11 Feb 2018
Latitude:	22°26.27'S
Longitude:	68°51.27'W
Mass (g):	251
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-mmict
Weathering grade:	minimal
Classifier:	J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	UPC
Main mass:	Alfonso Viera
Finder:	Alfonso Viera
Comments:	Submitted by Jordi Llorca (UPC)

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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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 26' 16"S, 68° 51' 16"W)

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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