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Viedma
Basic information Name: Viedma
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Argentina
Mass:help 6.9 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8974 approved meteorites (plus 5 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)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 8
  Line 3:
State/Prov/County:Rio Negro Province
Origin or pseudonym:beach
Date:1 Jan 2003
Latitude:41° 4'S
Longitude:62° 51'W
Mass (g):6900
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Fayalite (mol%):24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1
Classifier:F. Brandstätter, NHMV; M. Varela, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Type spec mass (g):72.7
Main mass:M. Morgan
Finder:anonymous
Institutions
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NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Argentina
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (41° 4'S, 62° 51'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Rio Negro, Argentina (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Balneario el Condor (MB89)

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