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La Yesera 001
Basic information Name: La Yesera 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Chile
Mass:help 205 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 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)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 8
  Line 1:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:15 Mar 2003
Latitude:23° 16.23'S
Longitude:70° 28.98'W
Mass (g):205
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.7
Classifier:M. Zolensky, JSC
Type spec mass (g):40
Type spec location:SI
Finder:R. Martinez de los Rios
Institutions
   and collections
JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (23° 16' 14"S, 70° 28' 59"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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