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El Médano 343
Basic information Name: El Médano 343
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 343
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Chile
Mass:help 9.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  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 25 Jan 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2015 Nov 04
Latitude:~24°51'S
Longitude:~70°32'W
Mass (g):9.3
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):31.7 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.8±0.1 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.0±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:3.94
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):8
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:CEREGE
Finder:Lydie Bonal
Comments:work name M696; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
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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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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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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