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Taltal 001

Basic information

Name: Taltal 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Chile
Mass: 1186 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 694 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 28 May 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Taltal 001 25°29’19’’S, 70°02’28’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2016 Jan 14

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: The meteorite was found in 2016 during a field trip in the Atacama desert.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish individual without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with often slightly flattened and loosely packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.4 mm) in a more fine-grained matrix that contains sulfides and abundant FeNi metal.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2016 Jan 14
Latitude:	25°29'19''S
Longitude:	70°02'28''W
Mass (g):	1186
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	14.5±8.0 (4.0-23.3, n=40)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	10.9±7.1 (2.8-20.5, n=19)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8±0.3 (0.3-1.7, n=19)
Classifier:	Ansgar Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	25.6
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Dario Ruiz
Finder:	Dario Ruiz
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

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References:

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

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 29' 19"S, 70° 2' 28"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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