Yuli        41.3°N, 86.25°E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2015 Dec

Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-MG)

History: The anonymous finders stated that the object was found in the neighborhood of Yuli County. The finders are unwilling to release the exact coordinates. The original informal name given to this meteorite was Mulei; this was based on a misunderstanding between the finders and the buyer. This is the name it is cataloged under in several collections.

Petrography: The meteorite is a coarsest octahedrite.

Geochemistry: Composition (based on duplicate INAA): Co, 4.67 mg/g; Ni, 60.9 mg/g; Ga, 92.1 μg/g; Ge, 444 μg/g; As, 11.7 μg/g; W, 1.33 μg/g; Ir 3.78 μg/g; Au, 1.396 μg/g . The meteorite is assigned to IAB-MG.

Classification: The meteorite is assigned to the IAB-MG. The Au and Ni are below and Co somewhat above the IAB-MG range. It could be designated IAB-MG-An, but this feature might also be produced by large sampling errors resulting in an anomalously high kamacite/taenite ratio. Most of the data for Yuli fall in the Campo del Cielo range, but the exceptionally low Ni and Au and somewhat elevated Co differ by too much for this assignment and there is good evidence that it was discovered in China.

Specimens: Type specimen at PMO. Main mass at SSTM. Only one mass is known.