Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for El Médano 370

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El Médano 370

Basic information

Name: El Médano 370
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 370
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Chile
Mass: 55 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 19 Aug 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

El Médano 370 (EM 370) ~24°51’S, ~70°32’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2015 Jan 03

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE): Recrystallized chondritic texture. Average plagioclase size above 50 μm. Shock veins, melt pockets. Probably paired with El Médano 156.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2015 Jan 03
Latitude:	~24°51'S
Longitude:	~70°32'W
Mass (g):	55
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.48
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	12
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen, Gary Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ1121; 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° 51'S, 70° 32'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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