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El Médano 351

Basic information

Name: El Médano 351
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 351
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Chile
Mass: 172 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	LL3-6
Recommended:			LL3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites classified as LL3-6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 3 Mar 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

El Médano 351 (EM 351) ~24°51’S, ~70°30’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2014 Nov 15

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3-6)

Petrography: Brecciated chondrite with equilibrated host (type 6) containing unequilibrated clasts (type 3).

Geochemistry: Type 6 host: olivine Fa_29.9(N=1), orthopyroxene Fs_25.7Wo_5.0(N=1). Type 3 clasts: olivine Fa_22.0; Fa_25.7; Fa_30.5(N=3), orthopyroxene Fs_11.5Wo_0.5(N=1).

Classification: LL3-6

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2014 Nov 15
Latitude:	~24°51'S
Longitude:	~70°30'W
Mass (g):	172
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3-6
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	22.0-30.5 (N=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.5;25.7 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.5;5.0
Magnetic suscept.:	3.74
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	52
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	CEREGE
Finder:	Millarca Valenzuela
Comments:	work name M443; 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 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° 30'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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