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| Basic information | Name: Da Qaidam 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: China Mass:  17.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 24 Nov 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Da Qaidam 001 37°49’2.34"N, 95°23’25.53"E Qinghai, China Find: 13 July 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6) History: (Ziyao Wang) Ma Yonglu (Lenghu/Qinghai) discovered two stones of about 17.5 kg while they were doing road maintenance work 4 km SE of Chaidan Town, Qinghai province, on July 13, 2015. Both stones were purchased by Wang Ziyao. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Two black-brown stones, one of 16.5 kg and a second one of about 1 kg, both without fusion crust. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) internally brown-stained (in some rim areas, less oxidized) recrystallized matrix with poorly developed chondrules and irregular metal specks up to 1 mm and much smaller irregular sulfide specks. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.55 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W3) Specimens: 22.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 168.4 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites from Qinghai, China This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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