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Kumtag 041

Basic information

Name: Kumtag 041
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: China
Mass: 53 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	L~5
Recommended:			L~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 72 approved meteorites classified as L~5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 18 Apr 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Kumtag 041 41°31’2.12"N, 93°36’35.08"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 21. Aug 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by the geologist Wang Jianming (Hami/Xinjiang) during field work in the Kumtag Desert on 21. Aug 2012.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Dark-black stone of 53 g, partly covered with fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) gray-black matrix with many vugs (av. 0.2 mm), poorly defined chondrules (0.2-2.0 mm) and irregular rounded metal and sulfide inclusions. Silicate cracks are filled with metal/sulfide.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 5.00

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, S4, W3)

Specimens: 11.0 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 13 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	21. Aug 2012
Latitude:	41°31'2.12"N
Longitude:	93°36'35.08"E
Mass (g):	53
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~5
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	5.00
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	11.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Jianming Wang
Comments:	working name WZ46; 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. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 31' 2"N, 93° 36' 35"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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