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Los Vientos 050
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 050
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 050
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 888 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 12 Aug 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Sept 30
Latitude:~24°41'S
Longitude:~69°46'W
Mass (g):888
Pieces:80
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):16.6±0.2 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.7±4.1 (N=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±1.2
Magnetic suscept.:4.96
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):61
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Eric Christensen
Finder:E. Christensen and A. Serio
Comments:PMD Fa=1%, PMD Fs=29%. Olivine is slightly zoned. Chondrule mean size 520±200 um (N=88).; 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 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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