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Caleta el Cobre 052

Basic information

Name: Caleta el Cobre 052
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 052
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 1034 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

H5-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites classified as H5-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 13 Feb 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Caleta el Cobre 052 (CeC 052) 24°12’46.2"S, 70°18’35.3"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Apr 16

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, melt breccia)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Melt-supported breccia with small H5 clasts (to 2 mm). The melt fraction contains abundant composite metal/sulfide droplets (to 200 µm)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5-melt breccia).

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Apr 16
Latitude:	24°12'46.2"S
Longitude:	70°18'35.3"W
Mass (g):	1034
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.9 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.8 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3
Magnetic suscept.:	5.33
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	49
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	work name RM658; 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)
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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 12' 46"S, 70° 18' 35"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2063 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2091 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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