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Loulan Yizhi 008

Basic information

Name: Loulan Yizhi 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass: 29.3 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 174 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 9 Nov 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Loulan Yizhi 008 ~40°30’N, ~89°54’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Bi Chunlin (Tangshan City,Hebei) in Bayingol/Xinjiang in 2013. This meteorite was discovered in the Lop Nur area, close to the ruins of Loulan Yizhi in 2013.

Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) Black-brown stone of 29.3 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Brown stainted recrystallized matrix with poor defined chondrules (0.2-1.1 mm, av. 0.4 mm). Metal and sulphide are nearly complet oxidized and vugs are filled with gypsum.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.77

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5, W4)

Specimens: 5.9 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 5.9 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Bayingol, Xinjiang
Date:	2013
Latitude:	~40°30'N
Longitude:	~89°54'E
Mass (g):	29.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~5
Weathering grade:	W4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.77
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	5.9
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wang Ziyao
Finder:	Bi Chunlin (Tangshan City, Hebei)
Comments:	working name WZ18; 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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Photos:

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Wang Ziyao

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 30'N, 89° 54'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 260 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 407 approved meteorites from China (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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