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| Basic information | Name: Los Vientos 231 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LoV 231 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Chile Mass:  127 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as LL7. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 3 Aug 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Los Vientos 231 (LoV 231) 24°39.116’S, 69°53.708’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2017 Feb 21 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7) History: Found by a six-person team who were driving on small hills while meteorite prospecting. Petrography: (J. Gatacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized texture. Main minerals are olivine, pyroxene (to 200 μm), plagioclase (to 100 μm). No discernible chondrules. FeNi metal is rare. Troilite is almost entirely replaced by terrestrial weathering products. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa31.1 (N=1). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs25.7±0.0Wo2.0±0.3 (N=3) Classification: LL7. Type 7 designation from texture, absence of chondrules and low-Ca pyroxene Wo content. Specimens: Type specimen and polished section at CEREGE. Main mass with Sergey Vasiliev. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 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 29 Oct 2018) Kurtz: Th. and P. Kurtz, Hannover, Germany; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1904 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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