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| Basic information | Name: San Juan 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SJ 002 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Chile Mass:  345 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 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) | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
San Juan 002 Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile Found 2002 February 20 Ordinary chondrite (H6) Thirty four masses of the meteorite were found by Rodrigo Martinez during a desert search, with a total weight of 345 g. Classification (M. Zolensky, JSC): Olivine, Fa19.25 PMD 0.004, low Ca-pyroxene, Fs19 PMD 0.008, contains abundant coarse-grained plagioclase, Ab79Or8 to Ab83Or4. Shock stage S1, weathering grade W3. Specimens: main mass Mr. R. Martinez; type specimen 21 g, SI. | ||||||||||||
| 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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