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Los Vientos 386 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 386 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 386 Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Chile Mass: 1946 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Los Vientos 386 (LoV 386) 24°41’S, 69°46’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2020 Apr 16 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) Physical characteristics: Crusted stone. Cut surface shows coarse, gray interior. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock displaying a variety of textures (subophitic, granulitic, etc.). The main lithology has subophitic texture with typical grain size 400 µm. Main minerals are low-Ca pyroxene (exsolved) and plagioclase. Other minerals: silica polymorph (to 250 μm), ilmenite, chromite, rare metal, troilite. Geochemistry: Pyroxene: low-Ca pyroxene Fs60.0±2.3Wo3.6±1.8, (n=5), augite exsolution Fs28.0Wo42.7 (n=2), FeO/MnO = 29.8±2.6 (n=7). Plagioclase An88.3Ab11.2Or0.6 (n=3). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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