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El Médano 374
Basic information Name: El Médano 374
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 374
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 436 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Mar 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:16 Mar 2017
Latitude:24°43.64'S
Longitude:70°5.62'W
Mass (g):436
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.7±0.5 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6±0.4 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.1 (N=12)
Classifier:C.A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):60.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:DMUH
Comments:Field name is 2-1; analyst S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); submitted by C. A. Lorenz (Vernad)
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
DMUH: Dedovsk Museum of Universe History, Russia; Website (institutional address; updated 26 Sep 2011)
IGEM: Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny Per., 35, Moscow, 119017 , Russia (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 43' 38"S, 70° 5' 37"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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