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Calama 006

Basic information

Name: Calama 006
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 191 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12492 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 20 Feb 2018

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	15 Mar 2017
Latitude:	22°22.87'S
Longitude:	68°38.36'W
Mass (g):	191
Pieces:	2
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.8±0.5 (N=24)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.8±0.7 (N=21)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4±0.3 (N=21)
Classifier:	Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):	39.2
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	T. Kryachko, [email protected], E. Zakharchuk, [email protected]
Finder:	T. Kryachko, E. Zakharchuk
Comments:	Field name is Calama11. Analyst V. V. Kozlov (Tescan Demo Centre, Moscow, Russia); submitted by Lorenz C. A. (Vernad.)

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 22' 52"S, 68° 38' 22"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2963 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2992 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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