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| Basic information | Name: El Médano 463 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EM 463 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: Chile Mass:  3.07 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 642 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
El Médano 463 (EM 463) 24°51’S, 70°32’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2016 Nov 04 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) Physical characteristics: Single brown stone. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined chondrules (average apparent diameter ~200 µm) and small CAIs set in abundant fine-grained iron-rich matrix. Opaque minerals are mostly kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa19.2±14.5 (n=5). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs1.6±0.7 (n=2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Likely paired with El Médano 216. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2963 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2992 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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