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San Juan 061
Basic information Name: San Juan 061
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 061
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Jan 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1871:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Oct 14
Latitude:25°26.44'S
Longitude:69°51.65'W
Mass (g):1.3
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.0±0.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.0±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.0
Magnetic suscept.:4.64
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):0.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Chil
Finder:Pierre Rochette
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 26' 26"S, 69° 51' 39"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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