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| Basic information | Name: Eboliang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: China Mass:  12.09 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 3 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Eboliang 001 38°17.91’N, 92°56.71’E Qinghai, China Find: 24 Oct 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Some amateur Chinese meteorite collectors found the stones in the Gobi desert. Physical characteristics: mass: 12087 g (2 pieces, 10548 and 1539 g) no fusion crust, black-brown surface. Petrography: The thin section shows a typical chondritic texture. The dominant silicate phases are olivine and pyroxene. The main opaque minerals are Fe-Ni metal (kamacite and taenite) and troilite (FeS). Accessory phases are chromite and apatite. Geochemistry: Minerals are uniform. Olivine: Fa=25.49±0.42 (n=12); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs21.64±0.90Wo 1.65±0.31 (n=10). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5); S2; W2. Specimens: About 123 g sample and two thin sections are deposited in GUT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites from Qinghai, China This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Eboliang 001 (First meteorite in DCA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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