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Toconao 001 					Location 22°58.68’S, 68°18.01’W
Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile  
Find: 26 Mar 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: The meteorite was found by Mr. T. Kryachko on March 26, 2019, during a visual search for the meteorites in the Atacama desert.

Physical characteristics: The meteorite shows numerous fragments of irregular shape. It is grayish-brown in color, with fusion crust is absent,
and chondritic texture visible on the sample surface. Some of the fragments are patchy, covered by salts;
some of them are fractured by sub-parallel fracture planes due to weathering processes.

Petrography: (Lorenz C. A.) The meteorite is composed of chondrules of RP, RO, BP, BO, POP, PO and C types.
Average chondrule diameter is 486±290 µm (N=280). Minor components are chondrule fragments, mineral grains and essentially fine-grained,
non-transparent matrix. The chondrules are well outlined and have sharp contacts with the matrix. Troilite-rich chondrules are widely distributed,
silica-rich chondrule was found. The main phases are olivine, pyroxene, troilite and glass; metal is accessory.
Several chondrules contain Al-rich clinopyroxene. Olivine has sharp optical extinction.
A network of thin veins of weathering products crosses the meteorite.

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Olivine: Fa19.4±12.3 (N=70), PMD Fa is 63.2%, CaO 0.01-0.58 wt%;
pyroxene Fs8.3±7.6Wo1.2±1.2 (N=30), clinopyroxene Fs15.4±6.1Wo23.4±8.2 (N=6);
Al-rich clinopyroxene (wt%, N=22): Al2O3 13.7±4.3; TiO2 0.7±0.4; Cr2O3 0.3±0.3; sulfide is troilite;
Total Fe of the meteorite is 19.7 wt% (XRF, T. G. Kuzmina, Vernad).

Classification: Based on a texture, PMD of Fa olivine and total Fe abundance the meteorite is classified as ordinary chondrite of LL group, petrological type 3.
Available samples
Slice 3.97 gram, sold
Slice 5.30 gram, sold
Thin section #1, $ 100
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Thin section #2, $ 90
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Thin section #3, $ 90
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Thin section #o2, $ 90
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Thin section #o3, $ 90
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Thin section #o4, $ 90
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