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Calama 002
Basic information Name: Calama 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 2.6 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 6 Dec 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:19 Mar 2017
Latitude:22°17.96S
Longitude:68°39.58W
Mass (g):2600
Pieces:163
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.8±0.5 (N=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6±0.8 (N=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.5 (N=15)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):460.8
Type spec location:Vernad.
Main mass:Kryachko T. ([email protected]), Zacharchuk E.
Finder:Zacharchuk E., Kryachko T.
Comments:Field name is ChiuChiu23; analyst S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
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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 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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Timur Kryachko   
Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 17' 58"S, 68° 39' 35"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3160 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3189 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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