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| Basic information | Name: Catalina 131 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Chile Mass:  665 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Jul 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Catalina 131 ~25°14’S, ~69°43’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2015 Jan Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: Found by Luc Labenne while searching for meteorites in the Atacama desert. Physical characteristics: A single partly crusted stone. Cut surface reveals a brecciated texture with light-gray clast (up to several cm) with well-delineated chondrules, set in a dark lithology with less discernible chondrules. Metal grains up to 5 mm long are visible. Petrography: The host lithology and the clasts are both of petrologic type 4. The host lithology is shock darkened. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa24.8±0.3 (PMD 1%, N=5), orthopyroxene Fs17.5±2.5Wo1.0±0.6 (Fs14.4-21.1, PMD 12%, N=4). Classification: L4, brecciated. Specimens: 35 g at CEREGE. Main mass with Labenne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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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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