Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Pampa de Mejillones 014

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Pampa de Mejillones 014

Basic information

Name: Pampa de Mejillones 014
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PdM 014
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Chile
Mass: 3.65 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	L/LL4-6
Recommended:			L/LL4-6 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L/LL4-6.
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 16 Dec 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1743:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	6 June 2006
Latitude:	23°13'48.6"S
Longitude:	70°25'19.9"W
Mass (g):	3650
Pieces:	3
Class:	L/LL4-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	26.42±0.55, n=11
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.18±0.99, n=8
Magnetic suscept.:	4.55
Classifier:	M. Valenzuela, J. Gattacceca and M. Bourot-Denise
Type spec mass (g):	1670
Type spec location:	Chil
Main mass:	Chil
Finder:	P. Rochette, C. Suavet and M. Valenzuela (field party)
Comments:	Breccia; other mass in CEREGE; submitted by P. Rochette and M. Valenzuela

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Chil: Departamento de Geología Facultad de Cs. Fís. y Matem. Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803 Santiago, Chile 8370450, Chile (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2021)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(23° 13' 49"S, 70° 25' 20"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2963 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2992 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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