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Basic information | Name: Alatage Mountain 009 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: AM 009 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: China Mass: 6.2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites classified as L5-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 10 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Alatage Mountain 009 (AM 009) 41°41’14.1"N, 92°56’18.5"E Xinjiang, China Find: 1 May 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, melt breccia) History: An expedition found 42 meteorites between 30 April and 1 May 2013 in a 2.7 × 1.4 km area 80 km east of Alatage Mountain. The expedition included Bingkui Miao, Yangting Lin, Shijie Li, Deqiu Dai, Wenjie Shen, Sen Hu, Lei Kesi, Peng Wang, and Zhipeng Xia. Physical characteristics: Total mass: 6.2 g (only 1 piece) no fusion crust, gray surface Petrography: The meteorite shows a porphyritic structure. The opaque matrix is composed of glass with traces of granular silicates and metal. The metal and sulfide are dispersed in circular droplets, except in the oxidized metallic veins. Remnant chondrules are preserved. Geochemistry: Minerals are uniform. Olivine: Fa21.6±0.5 (n=7); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs17.4±2.6Wo2.5±0.9 (n=13) Classification: L5, S5, W2 Specimens: 3 g sample and one thin section 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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 345 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names) This is 1 of 514 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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