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| Basic information | Name: Xilin This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: China Mass:  41 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6000 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 27 Feb 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Xilin 44.111664°N, 115.066212°E Nei Mongol, China Find: 2015 Mar Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: One 41 kg stone and 6 small fragments were found by Mr. Miao Gui Jun in March 2015, partially buried in a grassland region of Inner Mongolia. All pieces have fusion crust and the smaller fragments seem to have been broken from the main mass. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed chondrules occur within a relatively coarse grained matrix containing abundant stained kamacite plus accessory sodic plagioclase, merrillite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.7-18.8, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs15.5-16.2Wo2.0-1.7, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs5.4-6.9Wo46.1-44.2, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Specimens: 24.7 g including two polished thin sections at UWB; remaining material with the finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites from Nei Mongol, China (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 418 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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