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| Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 043 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 043 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Chile Mass:  4.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 186 approved meteorites classified as CR2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Aug 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Los Vientos 043 (LoV 043) 24°41’S, 69°46’W Antofagasta, Chile Found: 2012 Feb Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2) History: A single stone was found in the Atacama desert in February 2012 by Michael Warner. Physical characteristics: A single rusted stone. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrules up to 2.5 mm (average diameter 950 μm, often rimmed by metal blebs) make up 60% of the meteorite, matrix 32%, and metal + oxides 8%. Metal blebs up to 400 μm in diameter are found in the chondrules and in the matrix. Presence of dusty olivine. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa0.4, orthopyroxene Fs1.0Wo0.7. Some chondrules contain plagioclase An27.9Ab66.3Or5.8. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.76. Classification: CR2. Severe weathering Specimens: 1.5 g and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass with Michael Warner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2514 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2543 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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