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| Basic information | Name: El Médano 381 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EM 381 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Chile Mass:  3.49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Apr 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
El Médano 381 (EM 381) 24°41’34.9"S, 70°07’18.9"W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2017 Nov Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) Physical characteristics: Dark stone. Cut surface reveals a dark interior with chondrules and abundant and fresh FeNi metal. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with packed chondrules. The meteorite displays pervasive shock darkening, with abundant troilite and metal veinlets and droplets. Metal and sulfides are often associated and form grains to several mm. Plagioclase-chromite assemblages to several hundreds μm are found. Plagioclase average size is <50 μm. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Shock darkened. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with ARTMET. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 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 10 Jun 2023) ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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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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