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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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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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