Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Los Vientos 004

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Los Vientos 004

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Chile
Mass: 29.3 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	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 14 Nov 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 561:

State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2011 Apr 22
Latitude:	24°41'S
Longitude:	69°46'W
Mass (g):	29300
Pieces:	5
Class:	H5
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	16.4±0.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.7±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.30
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, F. Caste, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	35
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	Likely paired with Los Vientos 003; 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 10 Jun 2023)
MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 41'S, 69° 46'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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