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Los Vientos 005
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1431 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 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 28 Mar 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Jul 17
Latitude:24°41'S
Longitude:69°46'W
Mass (g):1431
Pieces:38
Class:H3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.3±11.0 (PMD=51%, N=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.3±6.7 (PMD=38%, N=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.7
Magnetic suscept.:5.17
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):32
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:E. Christensen
Finder:E. Christensen / X. Roco
Comments:Chondrule mean diameter 470±240 um (N=61). Olivine in type I chondrules is zoned. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine is 0.10±0.07 wt.%, up to 0.20 wt.% (N=13). Estimated sub-type 3.2 to 3.5.; 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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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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