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Guangmingshan

Basic information

Name: Guangmingshan
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1996
Country: China
Mass: 2.91 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Guangmingshan

Liaoning Province , China

Fell 1996 December 30, ~ 08:00 Beijing time

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

A 2.91 kg stone was recovered by Bingde Wang after a loud whistling sound was heard. The meteorite left a small crater in the frozen ground. Classification and mineralogy (Y. Lin, GIG ): olivine, Fa_19.5±0.5; pyroxene, Fs_17.3±0.5Wo_1.2±0.3; kamacite contains 0.49 ± 0.05 wt% Co; shock stage, S1. Specimens: main mass, Dalian ; type specimen, 19.6 g, GIG .

Institutions
and collections

GIG: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
Beijing: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
Dalian: Dalian Museum of Natural History, 40 Xicun Street, Heishijiao, Shahekou Dalian, 116023, Liaoning province, China (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(39° 48' 15"N, 122° 45' 50"E)
Recommended::	(39° 48' 15"N, 122° 45' 50"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Liaoning, China (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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