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Los Vientos 252
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 252
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 252
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 6 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 8 Nov 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:09 Feb 2018
Latitude:24°39.621'S
Longitude:69°51.844'W
Mass (g):6.0
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.4±0.4 (N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9±0.4 (N=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.3 (N=15)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):6
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:José Vicente Casado-Javier Alvarez-David Allepuz
Comments:Field name: Met-2018-011; submitted by David Allepuz
Institutions
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UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 37"S, 69° 51' 51"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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