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Calama 263
Basic information Name: Calama 263
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Chile
Mass:help 26.2 g
Classification
  history:
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 14 Sep 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:30 Apr 2022
Latitude:22°28.08'S
Longitude:68°48.01'W
Mass (g):26.2
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.7±0.2 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4±0.3 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.1 (N=12)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):5.7
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. T. Kryachko, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. T. Kryachko
Comments:Field name is 8-49; analyst T. Kryachko (The Russian system of quality, Technograd, Moscow); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 28' 5"S, 68° 48' 1"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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