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Los Vientos 290

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 290
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 290
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 92.7 g

Classification
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Howardite [explanation]

This is 1 of 374 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites

Comments:

Approved 23 May 2019

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Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 290 (LoV 290) 24°38’0.9’’S, 69°53’37.9’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 26 Feb 2017

Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite)

History: Found on granodiorite pediment surface by a three-person team.

Physical characteristics: Cut face reveals light-gray interior with darker clasts to 5 mm.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Lithic and mineral clasts (to several mm) set in clastic matrix. Main minerals are low-Ca pyroxene, plagioclase. Other minerals: kamacite, ilmenite, chromite, troilite. Both diogenite (Fs₂₂to Fs₃₂) and eucrite (Fs₃₈to Fs₆₆) material is found. Eucrite material abundance is about 20 vol%.

Geochemistry: Overall low-Ca pyroxene Fs_32.5±9.7Wo_2.8±1.4, FeO/MnO=33.0±5.1 (n=18). Diogenite low-Ca pyroxene Fs_26.6±3.7Wo_2.2±0.9(n=12). Eucrite low-Ca pyroxene Fs_44.3±6.6Wo_4.1±1.4(n=6). Plagioclase An_85.7±6.9Ab_13.4±6.3Or_0.9±0.8(n=6), range An_75.7-93.3.Eucrite opthitic lithic clast: low-Ca pyroxene Fs_65.7Wo_2.9(n=1), plagioclase An_90.1±1.4Ab_9.4±1.4Or_0.5±0.0(n=4).

Classification: Achondrite (howardite).

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Gravel pediment
Date:	26 Feb 2017
Latitude:	24°38'0.9''S
Longitude:	69°53'37.9''W
Mass (g):	92.7
Pieces:	3
Class:	Howardite
Weathering grade:	minor
Ferrosilite (mol%):	32.5±9.7 (n=18)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.8±1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.07
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Andreas Koppelt
Finder:	A.Koppelt/M.Jost/S.Vasiliev
Comments:	work name SA002/MC22; 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 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108, in preparation (2019)

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Geography:

Chile

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 38' 1"S, 69° 53' 38"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1433 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1460 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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