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Los Vientos 228
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 228
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 228
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass:help 15.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Jul 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2009 Dec 28
Latitude:~24°41'S
Longitude:~69°46'W
Mass (g):15.8
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.7 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Magnetic suscept.:4.74
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):4.2
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Eric Christensen
Finder:Eric Christensen
Comments:work name EJ212; Shock veins; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
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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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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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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