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Kumtag 040 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Kumtag 040 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: China Mass: 560 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites classified as LL~4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Oct 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Kumtag 040 41°53’15.67"N, 93°55’44.80"E Xinjiang, China Find: 18 Aug 2012 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~4) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Wang Ziyao in the Gobi Desert, 4 km E of Yamansu Town, near Hami city in Xinjiang province on Aug. 18, 2012. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) One dark-brown, stone broken into two pieces that fit together, totaling 560 g. No fusion crust recognizable. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray, brecciated texture of microcrystalline matrix with well-defined deformed chondrules up to 2 mm and irregular metal and sulfide specks up to 0.5 mm. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.44 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~4, W1) Specimens: 22.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 54.4 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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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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