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Los Vientos 292

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 292
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 292
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 140 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	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 7 May 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 292 (LoV 292) 24°39’43.3’’S, 069°49’19.1’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Nov 12

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia)

History: Found on granodiorite pediment surface

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Melt breccia with type 6 clasts supported by a melt-rock matrix.

Geochemistry: Type 6 clasts: olivine Fa_26.0(n=2), orthopyroxene Fs_21.8Wo_1.5(n=2)

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Gravel pediment
Date:	2017 Nov 12
Latitude:	24°39'43.3''S
Longitude:	069°49'19.1''W
Mass (g):	140
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	26.0 (n=2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.8 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.21
Classifier:	L. Krämer Ruggiu, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22.0
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Sergey Vasilev
Finder:	S. Vasilev & S. Efimov
Comments:	work name SE001; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Sergey Vasiliev

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 39' 43"S, 69° 49' 19"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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