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| Basic information | Name: Caleta el Cobre 059 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: CeC 059 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Chile Mass:  5.36 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 58 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 20 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Caleta el Cobre 059 (CeC 059) 24°13’10.9"S, 70°18’38.4"W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2018 Apr 15 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Melt rock supported breccia with clasts of ordinary chondrite (L6). The clasts are shock darkened, with pervasive metal/sulfide veinlets and droplets. Chromite and plagioclase to 200 µm in the clasts. Classification: L6-melt breccia. L group based on magnetic susceptibility. Likely paired with Caleta el Cobre 051. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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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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