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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: |
This is 1 of 192 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: |
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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 344 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 513 approved meteorites from China (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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