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Catalina 195

Basic information

Name: Catalina 195
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass: 109 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L6-melt breccia
Recommended:			L6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 70 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 22 Apr 2017

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2009 Dec 18
Latitude:	~25°14'S
Longitude:	~69°43'W
Mass (g):	109
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W0
Fayalite (mol%):	24.7 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.5 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6
Magnetic suscept.:	4.88
Classifier:	H. Pourkhorsandi, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ152; Type 6 clasts in a matrix of melt rock consisting of fine-grained silicates crosscut by troilite and metal veinlets. Troilite/metal composite blebs (to a few um) are abundant in the melt matrix.; 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 2370 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2399 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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