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Los Vientos 098 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 098 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 098 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Chile Mass: 558 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 840 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 18 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Los Vientos 098 (LoV 098) ~24°41’S, ~69°46’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2010 Oct 25 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) Petrography: Closely packed chondrules with average apparent diameter 460±310 μm (N=49). Dusty olivines are present. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa10.5±7.3 (0.6-23.5, PMD=58%, N=9), low-Ca pyroxene Fs12.8±4.4Wo0.6±0.5 (Fs5.5-19.3, PMD 29%, N=6). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.18±0.14 wt% (N=8). log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.81. Classification: L3. Cr2O3 content in ferroan olivine suggests subtype 3.15. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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