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El Médano 377

Basic information

Name: El Médano 377
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 377
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 405 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 27 Mar 2018

Data from:
  MB107
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	17 Mar 2017
Latitude:	24°50.17'S
Longitude:	70°23.02'W
Mass (g):	405
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.5±2.4 (N=15, PMD=5.9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.8±2.7 (N=15, PMD=10.7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.1±1.6 (N=15)
Classifier:	C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):	60.8
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	DMUH
Comments:	Field name is 2-5; analyst S. E. Borisovsky (IGEM); Estimated subtype 3.9; submitted by C. A. Lorenz (Vernad)

Institutions
and collections

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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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 50' 10"S, 70° 23' 1"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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