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El Médano 460
Basic information Name: El Médano 460
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 460
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Chile
Mass:help 299 g
Classification
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Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10193 approved meteorites (plus 18 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Sep 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2020
Latitude:24°41.080'S
Longitude:70°18.340'W
Mass (g):298.9
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.7±0.3 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2±0.2 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.1 (n=7)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin/Hanno Strufe
Finder:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Comments:Brownish individual lacking fusion crust. The plagioclase grain size is about 20 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 41' 5"S, 70° 18' 20"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1877 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1905 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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