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Los Vientos 073

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 073
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 073
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass: 16.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 28 Dec 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Los Vientos 073 (LoV 073) ~24°41’S, ~69°46’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Found: 2009 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: Found by Michael Warner in December 2009.

Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone. Cut surface reveals abundant chondrules set in a dark matrix and a 5 mm large igneous inclusion.

Petrography: Well delineated chondrules. Mean apparent chondrule size 480±200 μm (n=24).

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_15.5±7.0(Fa_3.1-23.1, PMD=37%, n=8), Cr₂O₃ 0.05±0.06 wt%. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_12.7±5.7(Fs_1.3-17.2, PMD=40%, n=8). Olivine in large igneous inclusion Fa_16.2.Magnetic susceptibility log χ =5.11 (χ in nm³/kg).

Specimens: 6.5 g and a polished section in CEREGE. Main mass with Michael Warner.

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2009 Dec
Latitude:	~24°41'S
Longitude:	~69°46'W
Mass (g):	16.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	15.7±7.0 (PMD=37%, N=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.7±5.7 (PMD=40%, N=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:	5.11
Classifier:	C. Cournède and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	6.5
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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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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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