| MetSoc Home Publications Contacts |
|
||
|
||
| Caleta el Cobre 045 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic information | Name: Caleta el Cobre 045 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: CeC 045 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Chile Mass:  1801 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Caleta el Cobre 045 (CeC 045) 24°14’49.2"S, 70°18’37.8"W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2018 Apr 15 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) History: Found in the Atacama desert by Rodrigo Martinez Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Type 6 ordinary chondrite clasts supported by a melt rock matrix. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6-melt breccia). L group based on magnetic susceptibility. Likely paired with Caleta el Cobre 051. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogs: |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geography:
|
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proximity search: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||