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Los Vientos 154

Basic information

Name: Los Vientos 154
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 154
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Chile
Mass: 0.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 632 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 7 Feb 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Los Vientos 154 (LoV 154) ~24°41’S, ~69°46’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2013 Nov 06

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Physical characteristics: Full crusted stone

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_18.2±9.3, PMD=47%, Cr₂O₃ = 0.07±0.07 wt% (N=10). Orthopyroxene Fs_14.0±10.4(PMD=71%) Wo_1.9±1.8(N=5).

Classification: H3. Estimated subtype 3.2 to 3.5 based on Cr₂O₃ content of olivine and PMD of olivine Fa.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	deflation surface
Date:	2013 Nov 06
Latitude:	~24°41'S
Longitude:	~69°46'W
Mass (g):	0.80
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.2±9.3 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.0±10.4 (N=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9±1.8
Magnetic suscept.:	4.86
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, P. Rochette, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	0.50
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	CEREGE
Finder:	Pierre Rochette
Comments:	work name P315; 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)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 41'S, 69° 46'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1974 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2002 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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