Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Los Vientos 426

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Los Vientos 426

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 426
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 426
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 10 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	H4-5
Recommended:			H4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 84 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as H4-5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 20 Mar 2021

Data from:
  MB110
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2017 Jan 29
Latitude:	24°53'26.0"S
Longitude:	69°54'22.2"W
Mass (g):	10
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-5
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19. (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.±0.3 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	5.17
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	2.2
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	MMC
Finder:	Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:	work name RM575. Ordinary chondrite breccia with two lithologies (one with petrographic type 4, the other one with petrographic type 5). A 3x3 mm2 shock darkened clast is visible in the studied section.; 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 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° 53' 26"S, 69° 54' 22"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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