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Los Vientos 216

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 216
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 216
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass: 24 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	L6-melt breccia
Recommended:			L6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 79 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 19 Apr 2018

Data from:
  MB107
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2009 Dec 28
Latitude:	~24°41'S
Longitude:	~69°46'W
Mass (g):	24
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5±0.2 (clasts, N=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.8±0.7 (clasts, N=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.79
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	5.5
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ218. Type 6 chondritic clasts set in a melt rock matrix.; 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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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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