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Los Vientos 321

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 321
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 321
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Chile
Mass: 3.49 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 409 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 20 Oct 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 321 (LoV 321) 24°41’S, 69°46’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2018 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Found in the Atacama desert.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated, packed chondrules. Opaque are metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_23.8±8.6, range Fa_14.0-37.2, Fa PMD 33% (n=12). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_15.6±13.5Wo_1.4±1.2, range Fs_1.0-38.2(n=7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group from magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: Type specimen and a polished section at CERGEGE. Main mass at ArtMet collection.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2018 Apr
Latitude:	24°41'S
Longitude:	69°46'W
Mass (g):	3490
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5±9.2 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	7.6±5.6 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:	4.12
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22.4
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name E11; submitted by Jerome 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)
ARTMET: Meteorites and Art, Poland (private address; updated 23 Feb 2018)

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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° 41'S, 69° 46'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2243 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2272 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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