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Xinjiang 011

Basic information

Name: Xinjiang 011
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 89.5 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 9 Nov 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Xinjiang 011

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2014

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Han Yongfeng Urumqi/Xinjiang in 2015. The anonymous finder reported to Han Yongfeng that this meteorite was discovered in the Lop Nur area in 2015.

Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) Brown stone of 89.5 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized matrix with poor defined chondrules (0.4-1.5 mm, av. 0.6 mm)

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.70

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W4)

Specimens: 18.5 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 14.2 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Urumqi, Xinjiang
Date:	2014
Mass (g):	89.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.70
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	18.5
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wang Ziyao
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name WZ19; 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:

Unknown.

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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