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El Médano 288
Basic information Name: El Médano 288
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 288
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Chile
Mass:help 0.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL3
MB 105  (2016)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 20 Jan 2016
Revised 4 Feb 2016: Corrected data and class
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2015 Nov 5
Latitude:~24°51'S
Longitude:~70°32'W
Mass (g):0.7
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):21.3±9.1 (range 2.0-33.2, PMD 34%, N=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5±4.7 (range 12.1-26.5, PMD 14%, N=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.8±1.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.06
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):0.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:CEREGE
Finder:Matthieu Gounelle
Comments:Chondrule apparent diameter 1060±530 um (N=5). Zoned orthopyroxene.; 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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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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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