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Qira 001

Basic information

Name: Qira 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: China
Mass: 8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H~5
Recommended:			H~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 190 approved meteorites classified as H~5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 16 Dec 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Qira 001 37°34’22.01"N, 80°23’33.46"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5)

History: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Discovered by Bi Chunlin in the desert in Hotan county/Xinjiang in 2012 and was purchased by Wang Ziyao, who donated it to R. Bartoschewitz.

Physical characteristics: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Red-brown 8.03 g stone with adhering desert sand.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Red-brown stainted recrystallized matrix with nearly complete recrystallized chondrules (av. ~1.0 mm). Metal and sulfide completely oxidiezed, vugs partly filled with gypsum.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.59

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5, W5)

Specimens: 1.70 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass of 5.8 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2012
Latitude:	37°34'22.01"N
Longitude:	80°23'33.46"E
Mass (g):	8.03
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~5
Weathering grade:	W5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.59
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	1.70
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Bartoschewitz
Finder:	Bi Chunlin (Tangshan City, Hebei)
Comments:	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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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(37° 34' 22"N, 80° 23' 33"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 298 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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