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Los Vientos 054

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 054
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 054
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Chile
Mass: 17.9 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 281 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 10 Dec 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Los Vientos 054 (LoV 054) ~24°41’S, ~69°46’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Found: 2012 Jul 12

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

History: The meteorite was found in 2012 by Luc Labenne in the Atacama Desert.

Physical characteristics: A single stone with shiny fusion crust on one side. The other side displays the light-grey interior of the meteorite.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated ophitic to subophitic texture. Contains orthopyroxene and Ca-pyroxene (both with exsolution lamellae), plagioclase, silica, ilmenite, chromite, troilite, metal.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene Fs_57.9±2.9Wo_2.1±0.4, FeO/MnO = 29.5±0.8. Ca-pyroxene Fs_43.6±9.3Wo_26.5±8.2, FeO/MnO = 29.0±0.9. Plagioclase An_87.5Or_0.9Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 2.65.

Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, monomict). Moderate weathering.

Specimens: 4.2 g and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass with Labenne.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2012 Jul 12
Latitude:	~24°41'S
Longitude:	~69°46'W
Mass (g):	17.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-mmict
Weathering grade:	moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):	57.9±2.9; 43.6±9.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.1±0.4; 26.5±8.2
Magnetic suscept.:	2.65
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	4.2
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Luc Labenne
Finder:	Labenne Luc
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)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)

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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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