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Caleta el Cobre 041

Basic information

Name: Caleta el Cobre 041
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 041
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 1046 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 811 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 2 Nov 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Caleta el Cobre 041 (CeC 041) 24°17.678’W, 70°19.746’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules. Opaque are metal and troilite. Shock veins.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_24.5±5.3, Fa PMD = 16% (n=5). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_17.0±2.3Wo_0.9±0.6(n=4).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). Possibly paired with Los Vientos 171.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Dec
Latitude:	24°17.678'S
Longitude:	70°19.746'W
Mass (g):	1046
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5±5.3 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.0±2.3 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.9±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:	4.70
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	76.7
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name LM91/F43; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 17' 41"S, 70° 19' 45"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2687 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2716 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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