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Los Vientos 308

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 308
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 308
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 14 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H3-5
Recommended:			H3-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 79 approved meteorites classified as H3-5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 14 Jun 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 308 (LoV 308) 24°42.346’S, 69°54.996’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Feb 20

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3-5)

History: Found on a plain by a six-person team.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca) Brecciated ordinary chondrite with type 5 clasts and shock darkened clasts set in a type 3 host lithology.

Geochemistry: Type 3 host lithology: Fa_19.0±2.3, Fa PMD 9%, Cr₂O₃ 0.07±0.09 wt% (n=6), low-Ca pyroxene Fs_12.9±5.4Wo_0.6±0.3(n=5). Type 5 clasts: olivine Fa_19.4(n=1), orthopyroxene Fs_17.7Wo_1.0(n=1).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Thomas Kurtz.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Gravel pediment
Date:	2017 Feb 20
Latitude:	24°42.346'S
Longitude:	69°54.996'W
Mass (g):	14
Pieces:	2
Class:	H3-5
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19.0±2.3 (n=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.9±5.4 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.6±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:	5.11
Classifier:	Jérôme Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	2.9
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Thomas Kurtz
Finder:	Thomas Kurtz
Comments:	work name ST10; 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 29 Oct 2018)
Kurtz: Th. and P. Kurtz, Hannover, Germany; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 42' 21"S, 69° 55' 0"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1904 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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