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El Médano 006
Basic information Name: El Médano 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 55 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Sep 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 413:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Oct 18
Latitude:~24°51'S
Longitude:~70°32'W
Mass (g):55
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):28.68±0.69
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.22±1.36
Wollastonite (mol%):2.35±0.31
Magnetic suscept.:3.85
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):12
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Chil
Finder:J. Gattacceca
Comments:dark-light breccia; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Chil: Departamento de Geología Facultad de Cs. Fís. y Matem. Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803 Santiago, Chile 8370450, Chile (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2021)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 51'S, 70° 32'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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