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El Médano 110
Basic information Name: El Médano 110
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 110
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass:help 28.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 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 16 Jan 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2011 Oct 31
Latitude:24°51'S
Longitude:70°32'W
Mass (g):28.8
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):32.0±0.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.1±1.2
Wollastonite (mol%):2.2±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:3.41
Classifier:A. Hutzler and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):12
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:CEREGE
Finder:Pierre Rochette
Comments:numerous shock veins; submitted by J. Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

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

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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