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El Médano 433

Basic information

Name: El Médano 433
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 433
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 27.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 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°46.13'S
Longitude:	70°21.67'W
Mass (g):	27.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.11±0.56 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.77±0.27 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.07±0.27 (N=2)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.73
Classifier:	E. Jacquet, B. Doisneau, MNHNP, H. Pourkhorsandi, ULB
Type spec mass (g):	27.6
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	MNHNP
Finder:	Lydie Bonal
Comments:	Field name: DM48; 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° 46' 8"S, 70° 21' 40"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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