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Ganq 001

Basic information

Name: Ganq 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass: 3.91 kg

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 2 Dec 2018

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 107:

Ganq 001 37°29’12.31"N, 92°18’37.84"E

Qinghai, China

Find: 03 Nov 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai) in the Gobi desert about 150 km SE of Huangtouzhen, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, on Nov. 3, 2013.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) One black-brown almost complete rounded stone of 3907 g with about 90% of weathered and eolic eroded fusion crust.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) heavy brown stainted recrystallized matrix with poor defined chondrules (0.4 - 3 mm) and irregular metal and sulphide inclusions up to 2 mm

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.62

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W3)

Specimens: 20.5 g on deposit at Kiel, Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai) and Wang Ziyao hold the main mass, and 108.5 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	03 Nov 2013
Latitude:	37°29'12.31"N
Longitude:	92°18'37.84"E
Mass (g):	3907
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.62
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.3
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Liu Binghan and Wang Ziyao
Finder:	Liu Binghan
Comments:	working name WZ01; 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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References:

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

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

China

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(37° 29' 12"N, 92° 18' 38"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites from Qinghai, China
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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