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San Juan 105

Basic information

Name: San Juan 105
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 105
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 501 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 31 Mar 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

San Juan 105 (SJ 105) 25°35’48.0"S, 69°57’33.7"W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated and packed chondrules. Opaque minerals are Fe,Ni metal and FeS. Olivine is slightly zoned.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_17.1±7.5, Fa PMD=32%, range Fa_1.7-29.8, Cr₂O₃ 0.05±0.03 wt%.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2017 Oct
Latitude:	25°35'48.0"S
Longitude:	69°57'33.7"W
Mass (g):	501
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.1±7.5 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.7 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.93
Classifier:	L. Krämer Ruggiu, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	34
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name LM62/D38; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

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)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(25° 35' 48"S, 69° 57' 34"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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