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| Basic information | Name: El Médano 535 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EM 535 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Chile Mass:  17.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites classified as LL7. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 3 Sep 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 112:
El Médano 535 (EM 535) 24°39.212’S, 70°17.923’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2017 Nov 15 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7) Petrography (E. Jacquet, B. Doisneau, MNHNP): Well-recrystallized ordinary chondrite, some areas rich in triple junctions, others with plagioclase networks around olivine/pyroxene, a few relict barred olivine chondrules. Geochemistry: Mineral composition and geochemistry: plagioclase An10.8±0.4Ab84.1±0.0Or5.1±0.4 (N=2); kamacite Ni=4.3±0.3 wt% (N=2), taenite Ni=40.6±2.2 wt% (N=3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB112 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2024) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 1820–1823. ?
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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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