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Dunhuang 001

Basic information

Name: Dunhuang 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: China
Mass: 1427 g

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 16 Dec 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Dunhuang 001 40°13’12.56"N, 94°23’55.97"E

Gansu, China

Find: 16 Sept 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai) in the desert, 25 km WNW of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, on 16 Sept 2018

Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) Nine dark brown flat eroded stones of totally 1427 g (main mass 1283 g).

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Brown stainted recrystallized matrix with well recognizable chondrules (0.6-1.6 mm, av. 0.7 mm) and few metal specks.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.84

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W3)

Specimens: 22.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao and Liu Binghan holds the main mass, and 109 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
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State/Prov/County:	Gansu
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	16 Sept 2018
Latitude:	40°13'12.56"N
Longitude:	94°23'55.97"E
Mass (g):	1427
Pieces:	9
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.84
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	22.3
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wang Ziyao and Liu Binghan
Finder:	Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai)
Comments:	working name WZ23; 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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 13' 13"N, 94° 23' 56"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Gansu, China
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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