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El Médano 360 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: El Médano 360 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EM 360 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Chile Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Fa16.4±7.6, range Fa0.8-24.4, PMD 36%, N=7. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.07±0.03 wt% (N=6). Orthopyroxene Fs12.1±9.0Wo1.8±2.0 (N=5), range Fs4.3-27.7. Classification: L3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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 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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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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