Vaquillas 007 is an HED achondrite, an unbrecciated eucrite, found at Antofagasta in the Atacama Desert, Chile, in November 2023. This specimen weighs 3.976 kg. It has an unusual blocky shape and is almost entirely covered by a well-preserved fusion crust with a pronounced surface texture.
The official find consists of three fully crusted stones with a combined total known mass (TKW) of 11.41 kg. The meteorite was approved by the Meteoritical Society on 24 April 2024 and published in Meteoritical Bulletin No. 113 (2025).
Classification: HED achondrite, unbrecciated eucrite
Mass: 3.976 kg (total known mass 11.41 kg, 3 stones)
Find or fall: found
Location: Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile
Year: November 2023
Vaquillas 007 is an HED achondrite, an unbrecciated eucrite, found at Antofagasta in the Atacama Desert, Chile, in November 2023. This specimen weighs 3.976 kg. It has an unusual blocky shape and is almost entirely covered by a well-preserved fusion crust with a pronounced surface texture.
The official find consists of three fully crusted stones with a combined total known mass (TKW) of 11.41 kg. The meteorite was approved by the Meteoritical Society on 24 April 2024 and published in Meteoritical Bulletin No. 113 (2025).
Classification: HED achondrite, unbrecciated eucrite
Mass: 3.976 kg (total known mass 11.41 kg, 3 stones)
Find or fall: found
Location: Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile
Year: November 2023
