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Caleta el Cobre 032

Basic information

Name: Caleta el Cobre 032
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CeC 032
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 343 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2024 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 20 Oct 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Caleta el Cobre 032 (CeC 032) 24°15’S, 70°31’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)

History: Found in the Atacama desert.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated, packed chondrules with average apparent diameter 770±240 µm (n=20). Opaque are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_24.8±13, range Fa_22.0-26.4, Fa PMD 4.2% (n=8). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_14.4±6.2Wo_1.3±1.1, range Fs_4.9-21.1(n=10).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4).

Specimens: Type specimen and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass at ArtMet Collection

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Apr
Latitude:	24°15'S
Longitude:	70°31'W
Mass (g):	343
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.8±1.3 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.4±6.2 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±1.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.61
Classifier:	L. Krämer Ruggiu, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name LM76/E33; 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 10 Jun 2023)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 15'S, 70° 31'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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