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| Basic information | Name: Quitovac This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Mexico Mass:  9.11 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8266 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Dec 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Quitovac 31.426°N, 112.696°W Sonora, Mexico Find: 12 Oct 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: A team searching for gold with metal detectors near the village of Quitovac, Mexico, found five stones buried at shallow depth. All stones were subsequently acquired by Jason Phillips. Physical characteristics: The stones (total weight 9112 g) are an overall reddish-brown color. Partial coatings that may represent weathered fusion crust are present on some of them, and interiors exhibit some fresh metal. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Breccia composed of clasts with sparse chondrules in a recrystallized matrix containing altered metal, merrillite and chlorapatite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.9-26.4, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs21.0-23.4Wo1.8-1.4, N = 3),clinopyroxene (Fs8.5-8.7Wo43.9-43.8). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg)=4.54. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5 breccia). Specimens: 51 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Phillips. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Sonora, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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