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| Basic information | Name: San Juan 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SJ 001 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Chile Mass:  1229 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8581 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
San Juan 001 Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile Found 2001 December 1 Ordinary chondrite (L5) Three stones of 1229 g total mass were found within 1 km of each other. Classification (M. Zolensky, JSC): Olivine, Fa24.5; pyroxene, Fs21.6, shock stage S1/2, weathering grade W2. Specimens: type specimen 60 g, SI; main mass, Rodrigo Martinez. | ||||||||||||
| 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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||
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