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El Médano 427

Basic information

Name: El Médano 427
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 427
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 8.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	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 31 Jan 2020

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	14 Nov. 2017
Latitude:	24°43.38'S
Longitude:	70°21.28'W
Mass (g):	8.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.78±0.05 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.56±0.41 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.16±0.33 (N=2)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.80
Classifier:	E. Jacquet, B. Doisneau, MNHNP, H. Pourkhorsandi, ULB
Type spec mass (g):	8.2
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	MNHNP
Finder:	Matthieu Gounelle
Comments:	Field name: DM54; submitted by B. Doisneau

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
ULB: Université libre de Bruxelles Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium (institutional address; updated 27 Sep 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 43' 23"S, 70° 21' 17"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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