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| Basic information | Name: Kumtag 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: China Mass:  557 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2008 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Nov 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Kumtag 002 41°30’N, 93°33’E Xinjiang, China Found: Nov 2011 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: In November, 2011, a meteorite was found in the Tuzileike Desert when geologist Jianmin Wang was working with the geological survey. Since then Mr. Wang and his colleagues have searched for meteorites in an ~60 km2 area. In 2012, other hunters joined in the search collecting more than 270 kg of meteorites. Physical characteristics: (B. Miao, H. Chen, Z. Xia, L. Xie, GUT): A 557 g tortoise-shaped stone (10 × 10 × 4 cm), with a flat side. The sample is dark brown and lacks fusion crust. Petrography: (B. Miao, H. Chen, Z. Xia, L. Xie, GUT): The interior shows chondritic texture and well-developed chondrules, including porphyritic olivine and pyroxene, barred olivine chondrules, and radiating pyroxene types. The matrix is recrystallized. Most metal and troilite grains are weathered. Olivine exhibits undulatory extinction and minerals show irregular fractures. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa24.3±0.8, n = 36; low-Ca pyroxene Fs20.4±0.7Wo1.1±0.6, n = 31. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4); S2, W3. Specimens: One 557 g sample, one thin section are on deposited at GUT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 298 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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