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Los Vientos 326

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 326
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 326
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 315 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12338 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 25 Oct 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 326 (LoV 326) 24°41’03.4’’S, 069°52’37.2’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Feb 27

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

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

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized chondrite with some triple junctions. Plagioclase typical size 150 µm, up to 300 µm.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Sergey Vasiliev.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Gravel pediment
Date:	2017 Feb 27
Latitude:	24°41'03.4''S
Longitude:	069°52'37.2''W
Mass (g):	315
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.28
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	48.7
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Sergey Vasiliev
Finder:	Sergey Vasiliev
Comments:	wprk name SV002; 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)

Catalogs:

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 Vasilev

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 41' 3"S, 69° 52' 37"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2709 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2738 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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