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| Basic information | Name: Ningqiang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1983 Country: China Mass:  4.61 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites classified as C3-ung. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), and Ungrouped chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE NINGQIANG, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: NINGQIANG Place of fall: Ningqiang County, Shanxi province, China. 32°55'30'N., 105°54'24"E. Date of fall: June 25, 1983, 1900 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite, type III (CV3). Olivine Fa0.5-10.5 Number of individual specimens: 1, collected as 4 fragments Total weight: 4.6 kg Circumstances of fall: Found in a field after detonations had been heard. The main part of this fall is now held in the Department of Geology, Nanjing University, China. Source: D. Wang, Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, Guizhou, China; A.E. Rubin and J.T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Shaanxi, China This is 1 of 562 approved meteorites from China (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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