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El Médano 543

Basic information

Name: El Médano 543
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 543
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Chile
Mass: 102.7 g

Classification
history:

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H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 7010 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 4 Feb 2024

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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2022 Nov 25
Latitude:	24°42.68'S
Longitude:	70°20.3'W
Mass (g):	102.68
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	high
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6±0.4 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.9
Classifier:	C. Brillatz, E. Jacquet (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):	102.68
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	MNHNP
Finder:	Jerome Gattacceca
Comments:	Field name: GB242. Shock veins and polycrystalline troilite (indicative of shock stage S5 to S6 according to Bennett and McSween (1996); submitted by C. Brillatz

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. 113, in preparation (2024)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 42' 41"S, 70° 20' 18"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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