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Los Vientos 072

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 072
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 072
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Chile
Mass: 220 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 21 Dec 2014

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2012 Oct 25
Latitude:	~24°41'S
Longitude:	~69°46'W
Mass (g):	220
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	20.0±9.7 (2.4-43.1, PMD=40%, n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.6±6.3 (2.7-21.2, PMD=17%, n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.9±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.45
Classifier:	C. Cournède and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	Cr2O3 in olivine 0.07±0.06 (n=20). Estimated sub-type 3.2-3.5.; 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)
MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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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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