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El Médano 360

Basic information

Name: El Médano 360
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 360
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Chile
Mass: 35 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 798 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 28 Mar 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

El Médano 360 (EM 360) 24.717211°S, 70.347958°W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2014 Nov 04

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Petrography: Densely packed chondrules, some rimmed by opaques. Olivine is chemically zoned.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_16.4±7.6, range Fa_0.8-24.4, PMD 36%, N=7. Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.07±0.03 wt% (N=6). Orthopyroxene Fs_12.1±9.0Wo_1.8±2.0(N=5), range Fs_4.3-27.7.

Classification: L3

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2014 Nov 04
Latitude:	24.717211°S
Longitude:	70.347958°W
Mass (g):	35.0
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	16.4±7.6 (N=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.1±9.0 (N=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8±2.0
Magnetic suscept.:	4.81
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	18
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	CEREGE
Finder:	Jérôme Gattacceca
Comments:	work name J317; submitted by Jérôme 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 29 Oct 2018)

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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° 43' 2"S, 70° 20' 53"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2370 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2399 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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