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Los Vientos 288

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 288
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 288
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass: 109.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 7 May 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 288 (LoV 288) 24°41’S, 69°46’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2010 Jul 06

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed well defined chondrules (average apparent diameter 780±380 μm, n=32). Opaques are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_28.0±2.6, PMD 7%, Cr₂O₃ 0.015±0.019 wt% (n=11). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_21.2±3.9Wo_1.0±1.1(n=9).

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2010 Jul 06
Latitude:	24°41'S
Longitude:	69°46'W
Mass (g):	109.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	28.0±2.6 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2±3.9 (n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±1.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.48
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ618; 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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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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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