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San Juan 040
Basic information Name: San Juan 040
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 040
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass:help 34.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 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 26 Oct 2010
Revised 20 Jan 2013: True coordinates supplied by J. Gattacceca
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:10 Sept 2009
Latitude:25°35'S
Longitude:69°47'W
Mass (g):34.5
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.81±3.10, PMD=8.0, n=18, range = 9.9-28
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.0±1.1, PMD=4.7, n=12, range = 14.4-19.4
Magnetic suscept.:4.96
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, M. Uehara, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):12
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Chil
Finder:J. Gattacceca
Comments:Submitted by J. Gattacceca
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)
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 26' 24"S, 69° 53' 2"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3384 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3413 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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