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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:help 92.7 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 367 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 (Fs22 to Fs32) and eucrite (Fs38 to Fs66) material is found. Eucrite material abundance is about 20 vol%.

Geochemistry: Overall low-Ca pyroxene Fs32.5±9.7Wo2.8±1.4, FeO/MnO=33.0±5.1 (n=18). Diogenite low-Ca pyroxene Fs26.6±3.7Wo2.2±0.9 (n=12). Eucrite low-Ca pyroxene Fs44.3±6.6Wo4.1±1.4 (n=6). Plagioclase An85.7±6.9Ab13.4±6.3Or0.9±0.8 (n=6), range An75.7-93.3. Eucrite opthitic lithic clast: low-Ca pyroxene Fs65.7Wo2.9 (n=1), plagioclase An90.1±1.4Ab9.4±1.4Or0.5±0.0 (n=4).

Classification: Achondrite (howardite).

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
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
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 38' 1"S, 69° 53' 38"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1387 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1414 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 8 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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