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El Médano 181

Basic information

Name: El Médano 181
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 181
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass: 33.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 29 May 2013

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2011 Oct 24
Latitude:	~24°51'S
Longitude:	~70°32'W
Mass (g):	33.5
Pieces:	2
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	26.0±2.5 (18-28, PMD 5%, n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.3±2.7 (13-24, PMD 9%, n=18)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7±1.0
Magnetic suscept.:	4.65
Classifier:	A. Hutzler, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	10
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	CEREGE
Finder:	Pierre Rochette
Comments:	Magnetic susceptibility not consistent with LL chondrite.; 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)

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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 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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