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Los Vientos 342
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 342
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 342
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass:help 221 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-09
Latitude:24°40.886'S
Longitude:069°51.428'W
Mass (g):221.2
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.2±0.4 (N=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.0±0.4 (N=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.0±0.3 (N=16)
Classifier:J. Llorca, UPC
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:UPC
Main mass:David Allepuz
Finder:David Allepuz
Comments:Field Name: Met-2018-010; 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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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 40' 53"S, 69° 51' 26"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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