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Yu Wei Liang 001

Basic information

Name: Yu Wei Liang 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: YWL 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: China
Mass: 140 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L4-6
Recommended:			L4-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Sep 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Yu Wei Liang 001 (YWL 001) 41.250°N, 91.144°E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2016 Dec 16

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4-6)

History: More than 90 pieces were found by a Chen Peng Li and Zhao Yu Xian on December 6, 2016, near Ruoqiang, Xinjing, China.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Equilibrated breccia composed of clasts with well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 500±300 μm) as well as type 5 and type 6 clasts in a recrystallized matrix containing stained kamacite and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_24.1-24.9, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_20.0-20.1Wo_1.6-1.5, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs_7.1-7.4Wo_46.4-45.4, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4-6).

Specimens: 129.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remaining material with Chen Peng Li.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Date:	2016 Dec 16
Latitude:	41.250°N
Longitude:	91.144°E
Mass (g):	140000
Pieces:	many
Class:	L4-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.1-24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.0-20.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6-1.5
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	129.8
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	Chen Peng Li
Finder:	Chen Peng Li and Zhao Yu Xian
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

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, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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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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Fujun Ren
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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 15' 0"N, 91° 8' 38"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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