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| Basic information | Name: Bayin Gobi 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: BG 001 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: China Mass:  35 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8581 approved meteorites (plus 4 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 17 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Bayin Gobi 001 (BG 001) 41°19.03’N, 105°20.57’E Nei Mongol, China Find: 1 May 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: On May 1, 2015, Xueming Tang, a Chinese amatuer, and his companions found this sample in the Bayin Gobi desert. He then sent a 20 g sample, cut from the main rock, to GUT for classification and description. The finder retained the main mass. Physical characteristics: Total mass: 35 kg (1 piece), no fusion crust, black-brown surface, smoky-gray colored interior. Petrography: The meteorite consists mainly of a medium-grained granular aggregate of olivine, low-Ca pyroxene and feldspar, with minor amounts of Fe-Ni alloy and troilite. The chondrules are moderately abundant and are readily defined. Geochemistry: Minerals are uniform. Olivine: Fa=26.1±0.7 (n=12); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs=21.9±0.3Wo=1.6±0.3 (n=11). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5); S2; W1. Specimens: About 20 g sample and one 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 26 approved meteorites from Nei Mongol, China (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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