Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for San Juan 005

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San Juan 005

Basic information

Name: San Juan 005
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Chile
Mass: 186.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 95	(2009)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 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)

Comments:

Approved 12 Feb 2009
Revised 20 Jan 2013: True coordinates supplied by J. Gattacceca

Data from:
  MB95
  Table 4
  Line 4:

State/Prov/County:	Area San Juan,Comuna Taltal, Provincia T
Origin or pseudonym:	Deflation surface
Date:	20-Jul-07
Latitude:	25°34.53'S
Longitude:	69°47.7'W
Mass (g):	186.1
Pieces:	6
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.4±0.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.3±0.61
Magnetic suscept.:	4.5
Classifier:	M. V. Millarca Valenzuela, Chil, Pierre Rochette, CEREGE, Jerome Gattacceca, CEREGE, Clement Suavet, CEREGE, Michèle Denise (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):	52.22
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Chil
Comments:	PMD-Fa=0.36; PMD-Fs=2.34

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' 45"S, 69° 51' 49"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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