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| Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 188 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 188 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Chile Mass:  806 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 150 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 4 Sep 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Los Vientos 188 (LoV 188) 24°40’03.7’’S, 69°55’37.3’’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2017 Feb 20 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB) History: Found at 10:20 am on fine grained grano-diorite pediment. The flat, disk-shaped mass was stuck vertically in the ground, one third of the mass protruding from the soil. Physical characteristics: A single, shield-shaped mass with brown and black colors. Cut face reveals a metallic unweathered interior. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE): The etched section shows a polycristalline kamacite aggregate with crystal size to 550 μm. Abundant euhedral schreibersite 10-20 μm in size. Geochemistry: (M. D’Orazio, DST-PI): Composition of the metal (ICP-MS) is Co=0.455, Ni=5.54 (both in wt%), Cr=76, Cu=125, Ga=67, Ge=191, As=4.4, Mo=6.2, Ru=25.8, Rh=2.72, Pd=1.67, W=3.33, Re=1.94, Ir=22.6, Pt=29.0, Au=0.39 (all in ppm). Classification: Iron, IIAB Specimens: 23.95 g and a polished section at CEREGE, main mass with finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) DST-PI: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 3160 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3189 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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