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Los Vientos 293
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 293
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 293
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 60 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  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 7 May 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Gravel pediment
Date:2017 Nov 12
Latitude:S24°39'07.9''
Longitude:W069°52'02.9''
Mass (g):60
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.8 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.8 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.50
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):14.0
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Sergey Vasilev
Finder:S. Vasilev & S. Efimov
Comments:work name SE005. Found on a granodiorite pediment surface.; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Sergey Vasiliev   
Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 8"S, 69° 52' 3"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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