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| Basic information | Name: Dongyang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2002 Country: China Mass:  230 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Jun 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Dongyang 29.2753°N, 120.2363°E Zhejiang, China Fell: July 2002 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: During a night in July 2002, Mr. Xu Yiping heard an explosion. Several days later, he noticed that his roof was leaking and a black stone on the floor. Physical characteristics: Single 230 g fusion-crusted, blocky stone, with chipped corners. Petrography: Olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, kamacite, taenite and troilite are major phases. Minor phases include high-Ca pyroxene, plagioclase, chromite and apatite. Some chondrules with an indistinct edge can be recognized. Plagioclase grains range from 2 to 50 μm in size. Olivine was fractured; shock-induced veins, melt pockets and plagioclase-chromite assemblage are present in the matrix. Geochemistry: The chemical compositions of olivine (Fa18.4) and low-Ca pyroxene (Fs16.3) are uniform. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Zhejiang, China This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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