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Sierra Gorda 004

Basic information

Name: Sierra Gorda 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 170 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12401 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 15 Sep 2018

Data from:
  MB107
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	06 Apr 2018
Latitude:	22°30.18'S
Longitude:	69°08.81'W
Mass (g):	170
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	23.9±0.2 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.7±0.2 (N=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.2 (N=15)
Classifier:	Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):	38.0
Type spec location:	Vernad.
Main mass:	Ilya Chaplygin, [email protected]
Finder:	Ilya Chaplygin
Comments:	Field name is Calama023-Ch; analist S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
IGEM: Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny Per., 35, Moscow, 119017 , Russia (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 30' 11"S, 69° 8' 49"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2908 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2937 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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