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Los Vientos 262

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 262
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 262
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 3.15 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L6-melt breccia
Recommended:			L6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 3 Aug 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Los Vientos 262 (LoV 262) 24°48’36.1’’S, 69°55’12.3’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Nov

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia)

Physical characteristics: Brecciated chondrite with abundant shock veins and cm size melt pockets. The melt pockets contain abundant µm sized FeS/FeNi eutectic droplets. Plagioclase size >50 μm.

Petrography: Equilibrated chondritic clast set in a melt rock matrix with abundant opaque droplets 10 μm in size.

Specimens: Type specimen 25.58 g at CEREGE. Main mass with ARTMET.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	2017 Nov
Latitude:	24°48'36.1''S
Longitude:	69°55'12.3''W
Mass (g):	3150
Pieces:	9
Class:	L6-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.3±0.6 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.6 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.56
Classifier:	L. Kramer Ruggiu and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	25.58
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	ArtMet collection, Poland
Comments:	work name LM57/D19; submitted by Lisa Krämer Ruggiu

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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Photos:

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Ryan Upchurch

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 48' 36"S, 69° 55' 12"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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