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Los Vientos 417

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 417
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 417
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Chile
Mass: 209 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 20 Mar 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Los Vientos 417 (LoV 417) 24° 42.527’S, 69° 54.864’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2009 Dec 29

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well delineated chondrule with average apparent diameter 390±170 μm (n=25). Olivine are chemically zoned. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite. Shock veins.

Geochemistry: Fa_17.2±8.95, range Fa_0.6-29.2, Fa PMD = 36% (n=6), Cr₂O₃ in ferroan oivine 0.04±0.0 wt% (n=5). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_11.1±4.6Wo_0.8±0.5, range Fs_6.5-17.4(n=3).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3). H group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility

Specimens: Type speciment at CEREGE. Main mass with Eric Christensen.

Data from:
  MB110
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2009 Dec 29
Latitude:	24° 42.527'S
Longitude:	69° 54.864'W
Mass (g):	208.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	17.2±9.0 (n=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.1±.6 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.87
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Eric Christensen
Finder:	Eric Christensen
Comments:	work name EJ231; 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)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 42' 32"S, 69° 54' 52"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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