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Loulan Yizhi 009

Basic information

Name: Loulan Yizhi 009
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass: 41.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11485 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 27 Jul 2019

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 108:

Loulan Yizhi 009 ~40°30’N, ~89°54’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from an ornamental stone dealer in Hami/Xinjiang in 2013. The anonymous finder reported that this meteorite was discovered in the Lop Nur area, close to ruins of Loulan Yizhi in 2013.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Dark gray-brown lustering stone of 41.3 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Strong recrystallized matrix with poor recognizable chondrules. Metal and sulfide filled cracks and darkened the meteorite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa_24.2±0.4(n=16); pyroxene Fs_20.1±0.4Wo_1.8±0.5(n=4); Ca pyroxene En₇₄Fs₁₉Wo₇(n=1); chromite CRAL86, FFM76 (n=1); apatite. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.55

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, S4 shock darkened, W4)

Specimens: 8.36 g on deposit at Münster, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 6 g with Bart. Polished thin sections Bart and IfP

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Hami, Xinjiang
Date:	2013
Latitude:	~40°30'N
Longitude:	~89°54'E
Mass (g):	41.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2±0.4 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.6±0.4 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7±0.7
Magnetic suscept.:	4.55
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	8.36
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name WZ17; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

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Wang Ziyao

Geography:

China

China

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

Statistics:
This is 1 of 265 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 418 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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