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| Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 073 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 073 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Chile Mass:  16.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 690 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Dec 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Los Vientos 073 (LoV 073) ~24°41’S, ~69°46’W Antofagasta, Chile Found: 2009 Dec Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) History: Found by Michael Warner in December 2009. Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone. Cut surface reveals abundant chondrules set in a dark matrix and a 5 mm large igneous inclusion. Petrography: Well delineated chondrules. Mean apparent chondrule size 480±200 μm (n=24). Geochemistry: Olivine Fa15.5±7.0 (Fa3.1-23.1, PMD=37%, n=8), Cr2O3 0.05±0.06 wt%. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs12.7±5.7 (Fs1.3-17.2, PMD=40%, n=8). Olivine in large igneous inclusion Fa16.2. Magnetic susceptibility log χ =5.11 (χ in nm3/kg). Specimens: 6.5 g and a polished section in CEREGE. Main mass with Michael Warner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2687 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2716 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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