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| Basic information | Name: Qingzhen This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1976 Country: China Mass:  2.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 140 approved meteorites classified as EH3. [show all] Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE QINGZHEN, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name : QINGZHEN Place of fall: Near Qingzhen county, Kweichow Province, China. 26°32'N., 106°28'E. Date of fall: September 13, 1976, at 1640 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Enstatite chondrite, type 1. Total iron = 31.66 wt %. Number of individual specimens: 2 Total weight: 2.6 kg Circumstances of find: A bright fireball was seen over western Kweichow province travelling from SW to NE. Between September 15 and 31 a search for meteoritic fragments by 744 volunteers resulted in the recovery of two stones. Source: D. Wang and X. Xie, 1977. Preliminary investigation of mineralogy, petrology and chemical composition of Qingzhen enstatite chondrite. Geochimica No. 4, 276-287 (in Chinese with English abstract). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Guizhou, China This is 1 of 467 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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