Qijiaojing        43°45’N, 92°55’E

Xinjiang Province, China

Found: 2003 Nov

Classification: Iron meteorite (ungrouped)

History: Found in the East-Station of Thirteen-Houses of Hamia, in the town of Qijiaojing, Hami City, Xinjiang province. The meteorite is called "Hami" in Lin and Hsu (2008).

Physical characteristics: A 160 kg iron meteorite, with well-preserved fusion crust and regmaglypts.

Petrography: Metal is a polycrystalline aggregate of kamacite grains. Taenite present as irregular blebs <10 μm, located on kamacite grain boundaries. No other minerals were observed.

Geochemistry: Bulk composition by INAA: Ni 106 mg/g, Co 5.36 mg/g, Cr 237 μg/g, Cu 74 μg/g, Ir 0.922 μg/g, Ga <2 μg/g, Ge <10 μg/g, Au 298 ng/g.

Classification: Ungrouped iron. Ni, Ga, Ge, and Ir similar to IIICD irons, but Au is much too low for this group.

Specimens: 63 g type specimen at PMO. The finder holds the main mass.