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Majes 004

Basic information

Name: Majes 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Peru
Mass: 1.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 111	(2023)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 19 Mar 2022

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Arequipa
Date:	20 Oct 2021
Latitude:	16°31.88'S
Longitude:	72°21.90'W
Mass (g):	1.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	17.7±0.2 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.7±0.2 (N=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.6 (N=12)
Classifier:	Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):	0.7
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:	Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:	Field name is Peru-3; analyst T. Kryachko (The Russian system of quality, Technograd, Moscow); submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?

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Geography:

Peru

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(16° 31' 53"S, 72° 21' 54"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Arequipa, Peru
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Peru (plus 1 impact crater)

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