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| Basic information | Name: El Médano 216 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EM 216 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: Chile Mass:  1323 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 10 Mar 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
El Médano 216 ~24°51’S, ~70°32’W Antofagasta, Chile Found: 2011 Jun 22 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: The meteorite was found in June 2011 in the Atacama desert by Rodrigo Martinez while he was looking for meteorites. Physical characteristics: A single dull brown stone Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Abundant chondrules, predominantly of type I, in a dark matrix. Chondrule:matrix ratio is ~1:1. Chondrule mean size 228±119 μm (N=96). Geochemistry: Olivine in type I chondrules Fa4.4±3.2 range Fa0.6-11.1, n=18; olivine in type II chondrules Fa 39.3±9.7 range Fa24.9-52.6, n=5. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.13±0.07 wt.% (N=22). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs1.5±0.7Wo1.2±0.2 (N=5). Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.46 (χ in 10-9 m3/kg). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Minor weathering Specimens: 48 g and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass at MMC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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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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