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Los Vientos 340
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 340
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 340
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 755 g
Classification
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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 15 Dec 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Ignimbrite Plain
Date:2018-Feb-08
Latitude:24°39.607'S
Longitude:069°50.038'W
Mass (g):755
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.6±0.5 (N=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.1±0.5 (N=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.4 (N=14)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):27
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:José Vicente Casado
Finder:José Vicente Casado
Comments:Field Name: Met-2018-005; submitted by David Allepuz
Institutions
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UPC: Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Diagonal 647, ed. ETSEIB, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Spain (institutional address; updated 3 May 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 36"S, 69° 50' 2"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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