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Los Vientos 043

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:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	CR2
Recommended:			CR2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 185 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 Fa_0.4, orthopyroxene Fs_1.0Wo_0.7.Some chondrules contain plagioclase An_27.9Ab_66.3Or_5.8.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
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2012 Feb
Latitude:	24°41'S
Longitude:	69°46'W
Mass (g):	4.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	CR2
Weathering grade:	Severe
Fayalite (mol%):	0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.0±0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.7±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.76
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	1.5
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Michael Warner
Finder:	Michael Warner
Comments:	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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
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Michael Warner

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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