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Los Vientos 269
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 269
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 269
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass:help 164.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 836 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 16 Feb 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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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):164.6
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.2±1.5 (PMD=7%, N=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.1±4.4 (4.9-16.4, N=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±1.0
Magnetic suscept.:4.85
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):24
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Eric Christensen
Finder:Eric Christensen
Comments:work name EJ201; submitted by JérômeGattacceca
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 41'S, 69° 46'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3384 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3413 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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