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width=\"110\" height=\"134\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The Pelom Kura repository was born in 2023 following its formal recognition by the <a href=\"https:\/\/meteoritical.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meteoritical Society<\/a>, becoming the first (and only one for now) official meteorite repository in Chile.<\/p>\n<p>\"Pelom Kura\" means \"stone of light\" in Mapudungun, thereby referring to the brightness of shooting stars and to the light of scientific knowledge that illuminates our understanding of the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why a meteorite repository?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To classify new meteorite samples and submit the resulting classifications to the Meteoritical Society for official nomenclature.<\/li>\n<li>To house a permanent collection of type specimens under state-of-the-art curation.<\/li>\n<li>To make samples available to qualified investigators for scientific research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Before Pelom Kura existed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There was no repository in Chile, only unofficial collections in universities, the Chilean Geological Survey (Sernageomin) and private museums.<\/li>\n<li>Without the support of the Meteoritical society, it was not possible to carry out classifications in Chile, which was an aberration considering that Chile is an important proveedor of meteorites worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>The classification of Chilean meteorites was made abroad, which resulted in an important loss of meteorite samples for Chilean research projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The achievements of Pelom Kura:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its creation has helped minimize the loss of type specimens, offering the service of meteorite classification free of charges.<\/li>\n<li>The collaborative work with Chilean meteorite hunters has allowed the growth of the meteorite collection to over 100 samples.<\/li>\n<li>Several samples are currently on loan to support scientific research.<\/li>\n<li>The repository has access to preparation laboratories and analytical facilities from the Earth Science Institute and Electronic Microscopy Unit of the Austral University of Chile. Sophisticated analysis that are sometimes required are carried out through international collaborations.<\/li>\n<li>The repository strongly supports research projects, undergraduate and PhD theses and outreach activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-17832\" class=\"sp-tab__card sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aria-tab-17832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapsed\" data-sptoggle=\"collapse\" for=\"#collapse-17832\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-17832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-header\" role=\"sptab\" id=\"heading-17832\">Catalogue<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-17832\" class=\"sp-tab__collapse \" data-parent=\"#content\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-17832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p>The Table below lists the specimens available from the UACh repository (Last update: May, 2025).<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><strong>Group<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><strong>Country<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-5\"><strong>Specimen<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-6\"><strong>Mass<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 031<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 140<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 141<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5.7 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 142<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 199<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CK3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thin section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 458<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Primitive achondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ureilite<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3 hand specimens<br \/>\n2 thick sections<br \/>\n1 thin section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">800 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 460<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">27.5 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 461<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 603<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calama 786<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1.4 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Campo del Cielo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iron<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">IAB-MG<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Argentina<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">560 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cariquima<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Differentiated achondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Howardite<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n3 thick sections<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">200 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Catalina 008<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Catalina 273<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">LL3.4<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Catalina 380<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">3.2 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Catalina 946<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">16.5 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Catalina 947<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">9.6 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 216<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n2 thick sections<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1.3 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 390<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5.8 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 397<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4.1 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 398<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2.7 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 463<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 464<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2 thick sections<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 541<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H4<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">171 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 558<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 559<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 560<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 561<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El M\u00e9dano 562<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 014<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 098<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 123<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3.05<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 383<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Differentiated achondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Howardite<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2 thick sections<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 518<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">10 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 557<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">192 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 558<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Vientos 559<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H4<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Odessa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iron<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">IAB-MG<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">USA<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paposo 085<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 hand specimen<br \/>\n1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">17 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paposo 086<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">H5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paposo 087<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ordinary chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paposo 088<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paposo 089<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carbonaceous chondrite<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CO3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sikhote-Alin<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iron<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">IIAB<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Russia<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1 thick section<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wabar<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iron<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">IIIAB<\/td><td 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See a more detailed description and some pictures below.<\/p>\n<h2>Cariquima<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1976\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cariquima.jpeg?resize=700%2C531\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"531\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>The Cariquima howardite shows a fresh glassy fusion crust on all sides and some flow lines. There is no evident weathering, suggesting a short time on the Earth's surface. Mass of the single specimen is 280 g.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1977\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bino-binder-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C466\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Petrography<\/strong>: Cariquima is a polymict breccia of sub-mm\/mm sized eucrite and diogenite clasts in a fine matrix of related crystalline debris with typical grain size less than 50 \u03bcm. Contains aprox. 70 wt% eucrite materials and 30 wt% diogenite materials (based on average Al and Ca contents of the fusion crust). Eucrite components are mostly lithic fragments of basaltic eucrite, with only some clasts of cumulate eucrite. These clasts vary in texture from fine-grained porphyritic to coarse-grained subophitic. One cumulate eucrite clast presents a variolitic texture. The eucrite materials typically contain exsolved ferroan pigeonite and plagioclase, as well as minor and accessory phases such as silica, ilmenite, chromite, troilite, metal, zircon, fayalitic olivine, apatite and merrillite. Diogenite components are essentially orthopyroxene fragments, some with thin chromite veins. Shock evidence include the presence of melt pockets and veins with quenched texture in some pyroxene and silica grains and darkening of pyroxene by small blebs of metal and troilite. One round chondrule-like chromite-plagioclase assemblage was also observed in the studied polished thick section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geochemistry<\/strong>: Pyroxene overall Fe\/Mn (atomic) 29.8\u00b13.1 (N=77). Diogenitic low-Ca pyroxene Fs<sub>21.7\u00b12.9<\/sub>Wo<sub>2.1\u00b10.7 <\/sub>(N=18), Ca-pyroxene Fs<sub>16.6<\/sub>Wo<sub>38.8<\/sub> (N=1). Eucritic low-Ca pyroxene Fs<sub>47.5\u00b19.0<\/sub>Wo<sub>5.7\u00b13.2 \u00a0<\/sub>(N=36), Ca-pyroxene exsolution lamellae Fs<sub>33.7\u00b112.4<\/sub>Wo<sub>34.4\u00b17.6 <\/sub>(N=12). Plagioclase An<sub>87.8\u00b14.8<\/sub>Ab<sub>12.2\u00b14.8 <\/sub>(N=42). Chromite Cr# = 0.77\u00b10.06 (N=8).<\/p>\n<h2>Ureilite (not yet officially named)<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1978\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/handsample2-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C394\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nThree meteorite fragments were found within half a meter of each other. They are highly consolidated desert polished rocks, which lack fusion crust. Two fits well together. Density is about 3.3 and total mass is 860 g. Individual masses are 615, 169 and 76 g. Sample cutting with a diamond blade was rather difficult, suggesting the presence of a hard component (diamond).<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cruzados-collage.jpg?resize=700%2C358\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"358\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1982\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Reflejada-sin-bordes-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C329\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"329\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thin section in cross-polarized transmitted light (above) and reflected light (below). Sample is 4 mm wide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Petrography<\/strong>: One thin section examined. Sample dominated by fine to medium-grained (0.5-2 mm) interlocked anhedral-subhedral crystals of olivine (~50 vol.%) and pigeonite (~25 vol.%) with abundant 120\u00ba triple junctions and without preferred orientation. Olivine and pigeonite show reduced margins. An interconnected network of Fe hydroxides (~15 vol.%) containing rare kamacite and up to 20 \u00b5m thick occur along silicate grain boundaries. Fe hydroxides are also present as \u00b5m-size blebs (~5 vol.%) within silicate rims, mostly olivine. Interstitial aggregates of carbon material are also widespread (~5 vol.%). They reach up to 200 \u00b5m in size and Raman measurements indicate that they are mostly made of micrometric diamonds and graphite. No large graphite flakes were observed. Some pigeonite and olivine grains show weak undulatory extinction. Twinning is also observed in some silicate grains, mostly in pigeonite and rarely in olivine. Overall, weathering grade is moderate and shock grade is low to moderate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geochemistry<\/strong>: Olivine cores (N=10) Fa<sub>21.3\u00b10.7<\/sub>, FeO\/MnO=40.2\u00b13.9 (wt. ratio), Cr<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub>=0.74\u00b10.08 wt.%, CaO=0.33\u00b10.05 wt.%. Olivine rims down to Fa2.5 and FeO\/MnO= 5.4. Pigeonite cores (N=7) En<sub>72.3\u00b10.5<\/sub>Wo<sub>9.8\u00b10.2<\/sub>Fs<sub>17.8\u00b10.5<\/sub>, Cr<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub>=1.3\u00b10.1 wt.%, Pigeonite rims up to En<sub>83.7<\/sub>. Kamacite 4.2 wt.% Ni.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1981\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/raman.jpg?resize=706%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Raman spectra showing the presence of interstitial diamond and graphite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-17835\" class=\"sp-tab__card sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aria-tab-17835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapsed\" data-sptoggle=\"collapse\" for=\"#collapse-17835\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-17835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-header\" role=\"sptab\" id=\"heading-17835\">Research<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-17835\" class=\"sp-tab__collapse \" data-parent=\"#content\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-17835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><h2>Peer-reviewed articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tavernier A., Pinto G.A., Valenzuela M., Garcia A., Ulloa C., Oses R., Foing B.H. (2023) Trends in planetary science research in the Puna and Atacama Desert regions: Underrepresentation of local scientific institutions? Meteoritics and Planetary Science 58, 4, 516-528. DOI: 10.1111\/maps.13972<\/li>\n<li>Pinto G.A., Marrocchi Y., Jacquet E., Olivares F. (2022). Formation of chondrule fine\u2010grained rims from local nebular reservoirs. Meteoritics &amp; Planetary Science, 57(5), 1004-1017. DOI: 10.1111\/maps.13812<\/li>\n<li>Pinto G.A., Marrocchi Y., Morbidelli A., Charnoz S., Varela M.E., Soto K., Mart\u00ednez R., Olivares F. (2021) Constraints on Planetesimal Accretion Inferred from Particle-size Distribution in CO Chondrites. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 917, L25. DOI: 10.3847\/2041-8213\/ac17f2<\/li>\n<li>Zambardi T., Franck Poitrasson F., Corgne A., M\u00e9heut M., Quitt\u00e9 G., Anand M. (2013) Silicon isotope variations in the inner solar system: Implications for planetary formation, differentiation and composition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 121, 67\u201383. DOI: 10.1016\/j.gca.2013.06.040<\/li>\n<li>Corgne A., Wood B.J., Fei Y. (2008) C- and S-rich molten alloy immiscibility and core formation of planetesimals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72 (2008) 2409\u20132416. DOI: 10.1016\/j.gca.2008.03.001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conference proceedings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pinto G.A., Marrocchi Y., Villeneuve J., Olivares F., Soto K., Corgne A., Luais B. (2022) The frequency of Fe-poor relicts in type II chondrules of carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites. 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Abstract 2925.<\/li>\n<li>Pinto G.A., Marrocchi Y., Olivares F., Soto K., Varela M.E., Mart\u00ednez R. (2021) Size-distribution of nebular components in CO3 Chondrites: Hits at an heterogeneous accretion history. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Abstract 1371.<\/li>\n<li>Tavernier A., Demarzo M.A.D., Merazina J.A.F., Pinto G., Ulloa C., Garcia A., Foing B.H. (2021) Exokite, designe of an aerial decision-support platform in an Martian inhabited space exploration context. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.<\/li>\n<li>Valenzuela M., Oliveros V., Menzies A., Pinto G., Corgne A., Alvarez S., Beltr\u00e1n T., Echevarr\u00eda R., Revillard A., Salazar N., Soto K., Ulloa B. (2021) QEMSCAN\u00ae as a new tool for classification: First results in ordinary chondrites from Atacama Desert, Chile. 84th Annual Meeting of the Meteoretical Society. Abstract 6281.<\/li>\n<li>Cid J., Corgne A. (2018) Metamorfismo de choque del basamento plut\u00f3nico del cr\u00e1ter de impacto de Monturaqui. Congreso Geol\u00f3gico Chileno, Concepci\u00f3n, Chile.<\/li>\n<li>G\u00f3mez F., Corgne A. (2018) \u00bfA bolide atmospheric airbust over Southern Chile during colonial times? Congreso Geol\u00f3gico Chileno, Concepci\u00f3n, Chile<\/li>\n<li>Echevarr\u00eda R., Corgne A. (2018) Hacia una clasificaci\u00f3n de los meteoritos AIUC-1 y AIUC-2. Congreso Geol\u00f3gico Chileno, Concepci\u00f3n, Chile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Undergraduate Thesis (UACh)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2023. Katalina Vidal. Caracterizaci\u00f3n petrogr\u00e1fica y geoqu\u00edmica de dos muestras de condritos ordinarios (MET17-02 y MET17-03) encontradas en el Desierto de Atacama.<\/li>\n<li>2023. Lucas Guti\u00e9rrez. Caracterizaci\u00f3n petrol\u00f3gica de los clastos de la howardita Cariquima.<\/li>\n<li>2023. Nicol\u00e1s C\u00e1rcamo. Estudio petrol\u00f3gico, clasificaci\u00f3n y origen de las muestras AV-MO2B y AV-MO8B de meteoritos encontrados en el Desierto de Atacama, Chile.<\/li>\n<li>2022. Katherine Neumann. Clasificaci\u00f3n petrogr\u00e1fica y geoqu\u00edmica de los meteoritos MV-088 Y MV-039 encontrados en el Desierto de Atacama, Chile.<\/li>\n<li>2021. Francisco G\u00f3mez. Investigacio\u0301n de las evidencias geolo\u0301gicas asociadas al posible evento de explosio\u0301n de un meteoroide en las Islas Guaitecas reportado en manuscritos histo\u0301ricos de la colonia.<\/li>\n<li>2020. Kevin Soto. Caracterizaci\u00f3n petrol\u00f3gica y origen de dos meteoritos encontrados en el Desierto de Atacama, Chile.<\/li>\n<li>2020. Rodrigo Echevarr\u00eda. Clasificaci\u00f3n de los meteoritos del Atacama Taltal 001 y San Juan 086 representados en las muestras AIUC-01 Y AIUC-02.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-17836\" class=\"sp-tab__card sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aria-tab-17836\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapsed\" data-sptoggle=\"collapse\" for=\"#collapse-17836\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-17836\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-header\" role=\"sptab\" id=\"heading-17836\">Outreach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-17836\" class=\"sp-tab__collapse \" data-parent=\"#content\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-17836\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p>Pinto, G., Flores, L., Mart\u00ednez, R. (2020). Museos interactivos de ciencia y la alfabetizaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica: Rol del Museo del Meteorito. \u00c1pice. Revista de Educaci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica, 4(2), 63-72. DOI: 10.17979\/arec.2020.4.2.5829<\/p>\n<h2>Asteroid Day conferences<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"gca-column one-third first\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1813 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/asteroid_day_2016.jpg?resize=206%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>2016<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"gca-column one-third\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/asteroid_day_2017.jpg?resize=206%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>2017<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"gca-column one-third\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/asteroid_day_2018.jpg?resize=206%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>2018<\/div><br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Afiche_AD2023-1-scaled.jpg?resize=206%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n2023<\/p>\n<h2>Talks<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1814\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Afiche-Conciencia-1.jpeg?resize=206%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Specialists - Sociedad Geol\u00f3gica de Chile<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1815\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict.uach.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grupo-de-meteoritos-SGCh.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-17837\" class=\"sp-tab__card sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aria-tab-17837\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapsed\" data-sptoggle=\"collapse\" for=\"#collapse-17837\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-17837\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-header\" role=\"sptab\" id=\"heading-17837\">About us<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-17837\" class=\"sp-tab__collapse \" data-parent=\"#content\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-17837\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab__card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p>The persons behind the UACh \"Pelom Kura\" repository are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Alexandre Corgne. Associate profesor UACh. Research areas include the study of planetary interiors using experimental petrology and geochemistry.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Gabriel Pinto. Early-career planetary scientist studying the conditions of formation and agglomeration of chondrules in the early Solar System.<\/li>\n<li>Dr.(c) Kevin Soto. Early-career researcher studying the thermal history of carbonaceous chondrites.<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Katalina Vidal. Geologist. Undergraduate thesis and other projects focused on the classification of ordinary chondrites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Collaborators include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Millarca Valenzuela (Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Norte, Chile).<\/li>\n<li>Dr. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Gattacceca (CEREGE, France)<\/li>\n<li>Dr.(c) Nicol\u00e1s C\u00e1rcamo. Geologist. Undergraduate thesis focused on the classification and weathering of ordinary chondrites. Currently doing a PhD at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France) on early Earth differentiation.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez. Museo del Meteorito, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7KgB1-x8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2054"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2065,"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2054\/revisions\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ict.uach.cl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}