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Calama 033
Basic information Name: Calama 033
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 126.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Sep 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Calama 033        22°08.81’S, 68°37.37’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 29 Mar 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

Geochemistry: Mineral composition and Geochemistry: EDS-WDS analyses (V.I. Taskaev, IGEM RAS). The primary chondrite paragenesis includes olivine Fa18.48±1.12 (N=14) orthopyroxene Fs16.1±1.0Wo1.6±0.38 (N=14)

Classification: (Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR). Ordinary chondrite, H6, S1, W1

Specimens: Mr. T. Kryachko holds main mass 99.2 g. 27.2 g and thin section, FMMR.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:plain
Date:29 Mar 2019
Latitude:22°08.81'S
Longitude:68°37.37'W
Mass (g):126.4
Pieces:Many
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.48±1.12(N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1±1.0(N=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.38 (N=14)
Classifier:Pavel Yu. Plechov, FMMR
Type spec mass (g):27.2
Type spec location:FMMR
Main mass:Mr. T. Kryachko, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. T. Kryachko
Comments:field name is T-5-41; FMM name is FN329; submitted by Pavel Yu. Plechov, [email protected]
Institutions
   and collections
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)
FMMR: Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Leninskiy prospekt 18 korpus 2, Moscow, Russia, 119071, Russia; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Feb 2018)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Timur Kryachko   
Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 8' 49"S, 68° 37' 22"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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