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San Juan 004
Basic information Name: San Juan 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Chile
Mass:help 229 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 12 Feb 2009
Revised 20 Jan 2013: True coordinates supplied by J. Gattacceca
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 4
  Line 3:
State/Prov/County:Area San Juan,Comuna Taltal, Provincia T
Origin or pseudonym:Deflation surface
Date:19-Jul-07
Latitude:25°34.53'S
Longitude:69°47.7'W
Mass (g):229.3
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.6±1.18
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.4±3.96
Magnetic suscept.:4.78
Classifier:M. V. Millarca Valenzuela, Chil, Pierre Rochette, CEREGE, Jerome Gattacceca, CEREGE, Clement Suavet, CEREGE, Michèle Denise (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):165.16
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Chil
Comments:PMD-Fa=2.53; PMD-Fs=16.25
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)
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Chil: Departamento de Geología Facultad de Cs. Fís. y Matem. Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803 Santiago, Chile 8370450, Chile (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2021)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 26' 50"S, 69° 51' 38"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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