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Los Vientos 056
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 056
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 056
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Chile
Mass:help 2.93 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 10 Dec 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2012 Feb
Latitude:~24°41'S
Longitude:~69°46'W
Mass (g):2932
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):12.0±7.2 (PMD 56%, N=12); 18.6±0.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.0±6.4 (PMD 50%, N=9); 16.5±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.4 - 1.3±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:5.15
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):36
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Michael Warner
Finder:Michael Warner
Comments:Breccia of type 3 and 5 material. Fa and Fs values for each lithology are reported separately; 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 2908 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 2937 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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