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Catalina 187

Basic information

Name: Catalina 187
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Chile
Mass: 160 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 714 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 25 Jan 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Catalina 187 ~25°14’S, ~69°43’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2015 Sep 12

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_24.6±5.2, range Fa_12.3-29.3, PMD 15% (N=8). Orthopyroxene Fs_16.0±8Wo_0.9±0.6.2, range Fs_2.5-23.8, PMD 43%, (N=9). Magnetic suscpetibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg)=4.72.

Classification: L3. Suggested subtype 3.8/3.9 based on the scatter of olivine composition.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2015 Sep 12
Latitude:	~25°14'S
Longitude:	~69°43'W
Mass (g):	160
Pieces:	4
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6±5.2 (N=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.0±8.2 (N=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.9±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:	4.72
Classifier:	H. Pourkhorsandi, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	28
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Museo del meteorito
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	work name RM510; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 14'S, 69° 43'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1904 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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