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| Basic information | Name: Yanzhuang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1990 Country: China Mass:  3.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 72:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Yanzhuang Wengyan Co., Guangdong, China Fell October 31, 1990, 09:45 Beijing time. Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H6) After a sonic boom was heard three stones were recovered by farmers between houses of Yanzhuang village and from a forest path; weight 1.25, 0.115, 2.15 kg, total weight 3.5 kg. Classification, the meteorite shows thick black veins of molten material, Xie Xiande, Li Zhaohui, Wang Daode, Liu Jingfa, Hu Ruiying, Chen Ming, Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guangzhou Branch, Guangzhou, 510640, China, where also the main mass, thin sections and research material are located (Abstract, Meteoritical Soc. Meeting, Monterey, 1991). Analysis, olivine Fa18.6, pyroxene Fs16.35, total Fe 28.0, Xie Xiande. Information, Li Zhaohui and Xie Xiande, address as above. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Guangdong, China This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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