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El Médano 029
Basic information Name: El Médano 029
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 029
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 392 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 29 Sep 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 436:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Oct 21
Latitude:24°51'S
Longitude:70°32'W
Mass (g):392
Pieces:15
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.00±0.30
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.24±0.15
Wollastonite (mol%):1.30±0.31
Magnetic suscept.:4.90
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):74
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Chil
Finder:J. Gattacceca
Comments: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)
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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 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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