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El Médano 180
Basic information Name: El Médano 180
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 180
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass:help 166 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 29 May 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2011 Oct 22
Latitude:~24°51'S
Longitude:~70°32'W
Mass (g):166
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.1±6.4 (PMD 24%); 17.9±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.3±6.4 (PMD 54%); 15.8±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7±0.4; 1.2±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:5.08
Classifier:A. Hutzler, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):40
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:CEREGE
Finder:Matthieu Gounelle
Comments:Breccia of type 3 and 5 material. Fa and Fs values for each lithology are reported separately.; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 51'S, 70° 32'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2243 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2272 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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