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Alaer 003

Basic information

Name: Alaer 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: China
Mass: 85.4 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	LL~6
Recommended:			LL~6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL~6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 9 Nov 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Alaer 003 ~40°20’N, ~81°15’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2007

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Fan Xingang in Aksu, Xinjiang in 2010. This meteorite was discovered in the Taklimakan region, close to Alaer in 2007.

Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) Dark brown stone of 85.4 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Brown stainted recrystallized matrix with nearly complete recrystallized chondrules (0.9-1.8 mm, av. 1.1 mm) and few metal specks.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.44

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~6, W3)

Specimens: 18.1 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 22 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Aksu, Xinjiang
Date:	2007
Latitude:	~40°20'N
Longitude:	~81°15'E
Mass (g):	85.4
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL~6
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.44
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	18.1
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wang Ziyao
Finder:	Fan Xingang (Aksu, Xinjiang)
Comments:	working name WZ22; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

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:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 20'N, 81° 15'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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