Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for San Pedro Jacuaro

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San Pedro Jacuaro

Basic information

Name: San Pedro Jacuaro
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1968
Country: Mexico
Mass: 460 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 90	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2797 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 21 Feb 2005
Revised 30 Oct 2007: marked as a fall

Writeup

Writeup from MB 90:

San Pedro Jacuaro 19°46′N, 100°39′W

Estado de Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico

Fall: 1 December 1968

Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: In December 1968, Jose Dimas Bautista of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, heard a loud “airplane type” sound while working outside the mines in the Sierra Madres mountains near San Pedro Jacuaro. A search recovered a 460 g mass from a fresh hole in the sand. He kept it in his possession until July 2003, when he brought it to the attention of Robert Cucchiara of Alameda, California, who recognized it as a meteorite.

Geochemistry: (P. Sipiera, Harper, K. Cole, Univ. Illinois) Olivine (Fa_27.7), pyroxene (Fs_23.2Wo_2.0).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6); S2, W0.

Specimens: A 20 g type specimen is on deposit at PSF. Robert Cucchiara holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB90
  Table 6
  Line 3:

State/Prov/County:	Ocampo, Mexico
Origin or pseudonym:	Mountains
Date:	12 Jan 1968
Latitude:	19°46'S
Longitude:	100°39'W
Mass (g):	460
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W0
Fayalite (mol%):	27.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	2
Type spec mass (g):	20

Institutions
and collections

PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)

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Geography:

Mexico

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 46'N, 100° 39'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Michoacan, Mexico
This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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