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Catalina 078
Basic information Name: Catalina 078
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1458 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 824 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 12 Sep 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Mar 06
Latitude:~25°14'S
Longitude:~69°43'W
Mass (g):1458
Pieces:2
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):21.7±7.0 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):8.8±4.5 (N=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.6±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:4.73
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):30
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Eric Christensen
Finder:Eric Christensen
Comments:PMD Fa=22%, PMD Fs=35%. Dusty olivine is present, mean chondrule size 680 um.; submitted by J. 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 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

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

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3160 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3189 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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