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El Médano 391
Basic information Name: El Médano 391
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 391
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 984 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 15 Sep 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2017 Nov 13
Latitude:24°45.242'S
Longitude:70°21.871'W
Mass (g):984
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.1±0.6 (n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.6±0.4 (n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.1 (n=13)
Magnetic suscept.:4.62
Classifier:Ansgar Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Tomasz Jakubowski and Jan Woreczko
Finder:Tomasz Jakubowski and Jan Woreczko
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 90 µm; Single stone with fusion crust.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 45' 15"S, 70° 21' 52"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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