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Mount Yirtkuq Bulak 001

Basic information

Name: Mount Yirtkuq Bulak 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MYB 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 540 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 24 Nov 2018

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Writeup from MB 107:

Mount Yirtkuq Bulak 001 (MYB 001) 41°26’20.91"N, 90°42’25.67"E

XinJiang, China

Find: 01 May 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) The meteorite was discovered by Xu Jianjiang (Hami/Xinjiang), one of four meteorite hunters, in the Gobi Desert about 100 km N of Lop Nur, near the Paergang pass in Shanshan county, Tulufan city, Xinjiang province on May 1, 2015.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Dark-brown stone of 540 g, partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Brown-stained, recrystallized porous matrix with poorly developed chondrules (0.3-2 mm) and few irregular metal specks.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 5.30

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W3)

Specimens: 22.4 g on deposit at Kiel, Xu Jianjiang (Hami/Xinjiang) holds the main mass, 80 g with Wang Ziyao, and 63.4 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	XinJiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	01 May 2015
Latitude:	41°26'20.91"N
Longitude:	90°42'25.67"E
Mass (g):	540
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~6
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	5.30
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	24.1
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Xu Jianjiang
Finder:	Xu Jianjiang
Comments:	working name WZ11; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
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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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Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

China

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 26' 21"N, 90° 42' 26"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from XinJiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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