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El Médano 019

Basic information

Name: El Médano 019
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 019
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass: 11 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 24 Oct 2011

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

El Médano 019 24°51’S, 70°32’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Found: 2010 Oct 18

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca and A. Hutzler, CEREGE): Fa_7.4-32.8, PMD=19.9, N=14; Fs_2.8-38.8, PMD=62.8, N=9. Subtype: 3.5 to 3.9. Mean chondrule size 200 μm.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 426:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2010 Oct 18
Latitude:	24°51'S
Longitude:	70°32'W
Mass (g):	11
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.30±5.69
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.69±11.45
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.59±0.80
Magnetic suscept.:	4.48
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca and A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	4
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Chil
Finder:	M. Gounelle
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 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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