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El Médano 483

Basic information

Name: El Médano 483
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 483
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 57.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Nov 2021

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2017 nov 15
Latitude:	24°39.428'S
Longitude:	70°17.976'W
Mass (g):	57.6
Pieces:	2
Class:	H4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	17.57±1.32 (N=19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.93±5.71 (N=18)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.47±5.71 (N=18)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.98
Classifier:	Béatrice Doisneau (MNHNP), Emmanuel Jacquet (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):	57.6
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	MNHNP
Finder:	Alex Corgne
Comments:	Field name: DM071. Two fragments of 32.8 and 24.8 g.; 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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 39' 26"S, 70° 17' 59"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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