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La Joya 001
Basic information Name: La Joya 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Peru
Mass:help 60 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8581 approved meteorites (plus 4 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 Mar 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Arequipa
Date:21 Oct 2021
Latitude:16°48.01'S
Longitude:71°58.13'W
Mass (g):60
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.3±0.3 (N=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.4±0.2 (N=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.1 (N=11)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):16.8
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. M. Nepomiluev, [email protected]
Finder:Mr. M. Nepomiluev
Comments:Field name is Peru-7; 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Peru
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (16° 48' 1"S, 71° 58' 8"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Arequipa, Peru
     This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Peru (plus 1 impact crater)
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