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El Médano 493
Basic information Name: El Médano 493
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 493
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 25.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8974 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Apr 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2019 Nov 6
Latitude:24°38.997'S
Longitude:70°16.864'W
Mass (g):25.14
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.35±0.23 (N=3)
Magnetic suscept.:4.57
Classifier:B. Doisneau, E. Jacquet, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):25.14
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Mathieu Roskosz
Comments:Field name: LA082; submitted by B. Doisneau
Institutions
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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. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 0"S, 70° 16' 52"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3632 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3661 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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