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Los Vientos 357
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 357
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 357
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 342 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Jan 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2019
Latitude:24°41'S
Longitude:69°46'W
Mass (g):342000
Pieces:1470
Class:H6
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.7 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.4±0.2 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.79
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):276.2
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:work name RM670; 1470 fragments, the largest 111 kg.; 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 10 Jun 2023)
MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 41'S, 69° 46'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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