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El Médano 417
Basic information Name: El Médano 417
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 417
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 140 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 709 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 15 Dec 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Ignimbrite Plain
Date:2017-Feb-17
Latitude:24°39.489'S
Longitude:070°14.369'W
Mass (g):140
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S3
Fayalite (mol%):18.9±1.5 (N=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.3±1.0 (N=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.8 (N=14)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:José Vicente Casado
Comments:Field Name: Met-2017-003; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 29"S, 70° 14' 22"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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