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San Juan 027
Basic information Name: San Juan 027
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 027
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Chile
Mass:help 199 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2009
Revised 20 Jan 2013: True coordinates supplied by J. Gattacceca
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 3
  Line 16:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta, Chile
Date:Oct 18, 2008
Latitude:25°35'S
Longitude:69°47'W
Mass (g):199.0
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):9.35 ± 8.24-18.59 ± 0.19
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.99 ± 5.78-16.74 ± 0.16
Magnetic suscept.:4.98
Classifier:J. Gattacceca and M. Uehara, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):63
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Depto. Geología, U. de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Comments:Shock stage determined for H3 lithology only
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 26' 34"S, 69° 52' 16"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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