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| Basic information | Name: Toconao 007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Chile Mass:  134 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2902 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 31 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Toconao 007 22°58.994’S, 68°18.389’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 26 Oct 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6) History: The meteorite (1 piece) was found in autumn 2019 by Atali Agakhanov during a meteorite searching expedition organized by Timur Kryachko. Physical characteristics: Total mass is about 134 g. The interior of meteorite are dark grey with brown shade and surface are dark brown. Petrography: (K.A. Konovalova, FMMR). Petrographic observation of a polished section shows that meteorite consist of coarse grain matrix. The mineral matrix are olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, high-Ca pyroxene and large crystals of plagioclase (size up to 250 µm). This feauteres indicate about a petrological type 6. Olivine has undulatory extinction (shock stage S2). Geochemistry: Mineral composition and Geochemistry: EDS analyses (A. Agakhanov, K. Konovalova, FMMR). Olivine Fa27.19±1.72 (N=27), Low-Ca pyroxene Fs23.0±0.8Wo1.60±0.28 (N=17), high-Ca pyroxene Fs15.9±1.7Wo45.14±0.91 (N=5), plagioclase Ab76.5An15.6Or7.6 (N=3). Composition of taenite (in wt. %, n = 2): Fe - 78.26, 22.73, 1.75 Classification: (Kseniya A. Konovalova, FMMR). Ordinary chondrite. LL6, S2W2. Specimens: Atali Agakhanov holds main mass. 22 g and thin section - FMMR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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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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