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Alatage Mountain 044

Basic information

Name: Alatage Mountain 044
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AM 044
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 709 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H~5
Recommended:			H~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 192 approved meteorites classified as H~5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 6 Oct 2018

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 107:

Alatage Mountain 044 (AM 044) 41°04’44.73"N, 92°01’24.76"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 22 Jan 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) The meteorite was discovered by Xu Jianjiang (Hami/Xinjiang) in the Gobi Desert about 120 km NE of Lop Nur, colose to the Dawadi pass, near Ruoqiang county, Korla city, Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang province on Jan. 22, 2015. Wang Ziyao purchased part of it.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Reddish-brown, heavily fractured, irregular rock of 709 g without fusion crust.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Brown-stained, recrystallized matrix, with well developed chondrules (0.3-0.6 mm) and irregular metallic specks.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.89

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5, W3)

Specimens: 23.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Xu Jianjiang (Hami/Xinjiang) and Wang Ziyao hold the main mass, and 79.2 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	22 Jan 2015
Latitude:	41°04'44.73"N
Longitude:	92°01'24.76"E
Mass (g):	709
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~5
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.89
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	26.9
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Xu Jianjiang and Wang Ziyao
Finder:	Xu Jianjiang
Comments:	working name WZ10; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
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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:

China

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 4' 45"N, 92° 1' 25"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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