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Calama 039
Basic information Name: Calama 039
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Chile
Mass:help 450 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12485 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 15 Dec 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Limestone plain
Date:2015 Jan 26
Latitude:22°28.279'S
Longitude:068°40.404'W
Mass (g):450
Pieces:19
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.1±0.4 (N=22)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.3±0.4 (N=21)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.3 (N=15)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):53
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:Ion Ander Lanza
Finder:Ion Ander Lanza-Emma Ardanaz
Comments:Field name: Met-2015-015; submitted by David Allepuz
Institutions
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 28' 17"S, 68° 40' 24"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2908 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2937 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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