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El Médano 489
Basic information Name: El Médano 489
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 489
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 20.7 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
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2019 nov 6
Latitude:24°40.024'S
Longitude:70°17.306'W
Mass (g):20.71
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.18±1.08 (N=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.41±1.77 (N=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.57±0.38 (N=7)
Magnetic suscept.:4.70
Classifier:Béatrice Doisneau (MNHNP), Emmanuel Jacquet (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):20.71
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Jérôme Gattacceca
Comments:Field name: LA074; 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)
Catalogs:
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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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 40' 1"S, 70° 17' 18"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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