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Paposo 059

Basic information

Name: Paposo 059
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 40 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 566 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 23 Dec 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Paposo 059 24°56.894’S, 070°00.578’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Feb 19

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

Physical characteristics: Sawn surface shows a dark interior with many small chondrules. Stone low weathered.

Petrography: Abundant chondrules (predominantly of type I) and small CAIs set in a fine-grained matrix. The average chondrule apparent size is 180±60 µm (N=50).

Geochemistry: Olivine in the range Fa_4.0-43.1(mean Fa_22.9±18.1, N=34). Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.2±0.1 wt.% (N=12). Orthopyroxene in the range Fs_1.7-23.6(mean Fs_12.1±9.2, Wo_1.9±1.3, N=14).

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Ignimbrite Plain
Date:	2017 Feb 19
Latitude:	24°56.894'S
Longitude:	070°00.578'W
Mass (g):	40
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	low
Classifier:	J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):	10
Type spec location:	UPC
Main mass:	José Vicente Casado
Finder:	José Vicente Casado
Comments:	Field Name: Met-2017-017; submitted by David Allepuz

Institutions
and collections

UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)

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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° 56' 54"S, 70° 0' 35"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1877 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1905 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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