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El Médano 369

Basic information

Name: El Médano 369
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 369
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Chile
Mass: 465 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 19 Aug 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

El Médano 369 (EM 369) 24°37’59.7"S, 70°18’30.2"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2013 Apr 06

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE): Well-delineated chondrules, some rimmed with metal and sulfides.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_19.3(N=1), orthopyroxene Fs_16.8±1.3Wo_1.0±0.5(Fs_14.4-18.5, Fs PMD=5.8%, N=5)

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2013 Apr 06
Latitude:	24°37'59.7"S
Longitude:	70°18'30.2"W
Mass (g):	465
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19.3 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.8±1.3 (N=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:	5.13
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	29
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Museo del meteorito
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	work name EM434; 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 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° 38' 0"S, 70° 18' 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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