Weight: 8.62 Grams

Measurements: 22.86mm x 23.23mm x 12.61mm

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

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.

State/Prov/County: Antofagasta

Date: 2017 Nov

Latitude: 24°48'36.1''S

Longitude: 69°55'12.3''W

Mass (g): 3150

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