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Los Vientos 524
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 524
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 524
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Chile
Mass:help 199.4 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Jul 2024
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Writeup from MB 113:

Los Vientos 524 (LoV 524)        24°49.20’S, 69°55.24’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2022 Nov 25

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Petrography (E. Jacquet, C. Brillatz, MNHNP): no unambiguous relict chondrule; interconnected plagioclase networks; shock veins; porous (polycrystalline) troilite

Geochemistry: Plagioclase An14.1Ab78.1Or7.8 (N=1)

Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2022 Nov 25
Latitude:24°49.20'S
Longitude:69°55.24'W
Mass (g):199.37
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.1±0.7 (N=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.6±0.2 (N=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:4.4
Classifier:C. Brillatz, E. Jacquet, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):199.37
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Camille Cartier
Comments:Field name: RB179; submitted by C. Brillatz
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 49' 12"S, 69° 55' 14"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3632 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3661 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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