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Los Vientos 162

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 162
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 162
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass: 48.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 28 Mar 2017

Data from:
  MB106
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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):	48.7
Pieces:	~20
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5±0.0 (N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.9 (N=1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6
Magnetic suscept.:	4.94
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	10.1
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Michael Warner
Finder:	Michael Warner
Comments:	work name MWZ1; Chondritic texture with average plagioclase size below 50 um.; submitted by Jérôme 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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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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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