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Calama 248
Basic information Name: Calama 248
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 54 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

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 20 Jun 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:23 Oct 2018
Latitude:22°9.83'S
Longitude:68°36.89'W
Mass (g):54
Pieces:2
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.5±0.7 (N=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.7±4.3 (N=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±1.1 (N=11)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):18.5
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. T. Kryachko, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. T. Kryachko
Comments:Field name is 4-45; 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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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 9' 50"S, 68° 36' 53"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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