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El Médano 440
Basic information Name: El Médano 440
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 440
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 14.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:15 Nov. 2017
Latitude:24°39.46'S
Longitude:70°17.98'W
Mass (g):14.3
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.03±0.07 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.60±0.66 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.14±0.10 (N=2)
Magnetic suscept.:4.81
Classifier:E. Jacquet, B. Doisneau, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):14.3
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Katherine Joy
Comments:Field name: DM077; Chromite/Plagioclase intergrowth visible. Shock veins.; 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 28"S, 70° 17' 59"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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