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Kumtag 021
Basic information Name: Kumtag 021
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: China
Mass:help 1305 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 25 Nov 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:Kumtag
Date:8 April 2012
Latitude:41°32'15.2
Longitude:93°29'15.8
Mass (g):1305
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.1±0.2 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7±0.7 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.5 (n=5)
Classifier:Xiaojia Zeng, IGGCAS
Type spec mass (g):43
Type spec location:IGGCAS
Main mass:Jieshan Yu in Hami, Xinjiang,China
Finder:Jieshan Yu
Comments:Submitted by Shijie Li
Institutions
   and collections		 IGGCAS: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography:

China
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (41° 32' 15"N, 93° 29' 16"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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