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Los Vientos 444

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 444
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 444
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 1275 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 1 Aug 2021

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Nov
Latitude:	24°48.040'S
Longitude:	69°55.100'W
Mass (g):	1275
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19.6 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.2±2.6 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.7
Magnetic suscept.:	5.01
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	52
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name F16. Chondrite with packed well-delineated chondrules with avg apparent diameter ~400 µm. Opaques are metal and troilite.; 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)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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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° 48' 2"S, 69° 55' 6"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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