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| Basic information | Name: San Juan 090 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SJ 090 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Chile Mass:  2.54 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIE. [show all] Search for other: IIE irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 21 Nov 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
San Juan 090 (SJ 090) 25°34.545’ S, 069°43.892’ W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 03-Feb-15 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIE) Physical characteristics: A single mass partly sand-blasted. Sawn surface shows unweathered metallic interior with dark mm-sized inclusions. Petrography: Etched section show a polycrystalline texture composed of 0.1 to 3 mm grains of kamacite often showing Neumann bands, troilite, schreibersite, silicate (0.2-1 mm) inclussions and plessitic fields. The silicates include olivine (Fa17-20) and pyroxene (Fs16-19). Geochemistry: ICP-OES data (UPC): Ni=79.0, Co=4.6, P=1.3, S=3.2 (all mg/g); ICP-MS data: Cu=155, Cr=1.1, Ge=41.2, Ga=26.9, Pt=9.8, Os=4.4, Ru=5.2, Ir=5.3, Au=0.8 (all µg/g) Classification: Iron, IIE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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