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San Juan 055
Basic information Name: San Juan 055
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SJ 055
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 168 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 632 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 25 Sep 2011
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Writeup from MB 100:

San Juan 055 (SJ 055)        25°26.36’S, 69°51.81’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Found: 2010 Oct 14

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography (J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE): Fa0.4-18.9, PMD=63.9, N=17; Fs5.8-16.9, PMD=20.2, N=6. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine is 0.06±0.07 wt% (n=14). Mean chondrule size 340 μm. Sub-type 3.2 to 3.5

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1865:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Oct 14
Latitude:25°26.36'S
Longitude:69°51.81'W
Mass (g):168
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):11.9±8.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.88±4.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.4
Magnetic suscept.:4.94
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):27
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Chil
Finder:N. Laridhi
Comments:Submitted by J. 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 29 Oct 2018)
Chil: Departamento de Geología Facultad de Cs. Fís. y Matem. Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803 Santiago, Chile 8370450, Chile (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2021)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 26' 22"S, 69° 51' 49"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1974 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2002 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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