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| Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 383 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 383 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Chile Mass:  230 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Los Vientos 383 (LoV 383) 24°41’S, 69°46’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2019 Nov 11 Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite) Physical characteristics: Single light-gray stone with fusion crust. Cut surface show fine-grained light-gray interior. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock with grain size ~400 µm. Main minerals are pyroxene (exsloved) and plagioclase (not maskelynite). This rock contains both eucrite material with subophitic texture, and diogenite material (more than 10 vol%). Accessory minerals: sulfide, chromite, ilmenite, kamacite, silica polymorph. Geochemistry: Diogenitic low-Ca pyroxene Fs25.1±0.8Wo3.0±0.5 (n=4). Eucritic low-Ca pyroxene Fs35.7Wo5.5 (n=2), Fs59.2±1.2Wo5.3±1.5 (n=3). Ca-pyroxene Fs31.1Wo39.0 (n=1). Pyroxene overall FeO/MnO 31.4±2.1 (n=10). Plagioclase An91.0Ab8.8Or0.3 (n=2). Olivine Fa58.4, FeO/MnO = 45.3(n=2). Classification: Achondrite (howardite). Likely paired with Los Vientos 383 that was found within 100 m. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3160 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 3189 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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