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El Médano 393
Basic information Name: El Médano 393
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 393
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 332 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 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 8 Nov 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:10 Feb 2018
Latitude:24°46.928'S
Longitude:70°04.489'W
Mass (g):332.0
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.8±0.5 (N=21)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.3±0.5 (N=22)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.5 (N=22)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):65
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:José Vicente Casado-Javier Alvarez-David Allepuz
Comments:Field name: Met-2018-020; submitted by David Allepuz
Institutions
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UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 46' 56"S, 70° 4' 29"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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