Rodríguez Santiago, AlbertoLlorca Piqué, JordiSánchez Pastor, Nuria2025-06-172025-06-172025Alberto Rodríguez Santiago, Jordi Llorca Piqué, Nuria Sánchez-Pastor (2025). Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of 49 Equilibrated Ordinary Chondrites from the Atacama Desert, Chile. Macla n. 28, p. 204-2052659-9864https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121450The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, South America, offers optimal conditions for meteorite accumulation due to its persistent hyper-arid climate, which has remained stable for approximately 25 million years [Dunai et al., 2005]. This unique environment has led to exceptionally high meteorite densities per square kilometer and the discovery of meteorite populations with terrestrial ages averaging 710,000 years [Hutzler et al., 2016, Drouard et al., 2019]. Since 2017, numerous international expeditions, alongside a few Chilean efforts, have actively searched for meteorites in the region. However, a key challenge faced by Chilean meteoritic researchers is the lack of access to microprobe laboratories, essential for the precise classification and analysis of meteorite samples.engjournal articlehttps://www.semineral.es/websem/PdfServlet?mod=archivos&subMod=publicaciones&archivo=MACLA%2028-101.pdfopen access552.6MeteoritesChondritesShock DegreeAtacama DesertPetrologíaMineralogía (Geología)2506.13 Petrología Ignea y Metamórfica2506.11 Mineralogía