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El Médano 546
Basic information Name: El Médano 546
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 546
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Chile
Mass:help 66.5 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2954 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 Feb 2024
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2022 Nov 23
Latitude:24°38.35'S
Longitude:70°16.76'W
Mass (g):66.49
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.6±0.7 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.3±0.3 (N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:4.0
Classifier:C. Brillatz, E. Jacquet (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):66.49
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Matthieu Gounelle
Comments:Field name: MB242. Shock veins and large melt pocket in the polished section.; 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° 38' 21"S, 70° 16' 46"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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