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Lenghu 001
Basic information Name: Lenghu 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass:help 8 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Sep 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:Gobi desert
Date:2013 Apr 23
Latitude:38°55.433'N
Longitude:93°26.200'E
Mass (g):8000
Pieces:5
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):16.7±0.6 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7±1.7 (n=9)
Classifier:Wu Y., PMO
Type spec mass (g):1000 gram
Type spec location:PMO
Main mass:Yang Guorui, Cui Haicheng,Peng Zhenhong
Finder:Yang Guorui, Cui Haicheng,Peng Zhenhong
Comments:Barred and POP chondrules are present, 170-300 um. FeNi grains are present.; submitted by W. Hsu
Institutions
   and collections		 PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

China
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (38° 55' 26"N, 93° 26' 12"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites from Qinghai, China
     This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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