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Chug Chug 059
Basic information Name: Chug Chug 059
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 85.5 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Sep 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Chug Chug 059        22°29.96’S, 69°2.04’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 30 Mar 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Petrography: the meteorite is impact melt breccia. It is composed of mm- to cm-sized chondritic fragments (~80 vol%) joined together by interstitial melt matrix. The matrix has a cryptocrystalline texture. Olivine in the fragments has undulatory extinction and weak mosaicism corresponding to S4 shock stage.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:30 Mar 2018
Latitude:22°29.96'S
Longitude:69°2.04'W
Mass (g):85.5
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.3±0.3 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.4±0.2 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.2±0.3 (N=12)
Classifier:Ivanova M. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):17.1
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:Field name is M3-13; analyst T. Kryachko (Technograd, Moscow); submitted by Ivanova M. 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 29' 58"S, 69° 2' 2"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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