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Lop Nur 004

Basic information

Name: Lop Nur 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: China
Mass: 3.07 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	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 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Lop Nur 004 40°17’50.40"N, 90°06’40.45"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: Nov 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from the finder Tailu Zhao (Shanshan County, Xinjiang) in Shanshan/Xinjiang in 2018. This meteorite was discovered in Nov. 2018.

Physical characteristics: black, nearly round stone of 3067 g with rusty surface

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown, recrystallized matrix, with well-developed chondrules. Metal and sulfide nearly completely oxidized, and vugs are partly filled with sulfates.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.08

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W5)

Specimens: 20.0 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 139 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	Nov 2018
Latitude:	40°17'50.40"N
Longitude:	90°06'40.45"E
Mass (g):	3067
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.08
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Tailu Zhao (Shanshan)
Comments:	working name WZ67; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 17' 50"N, 90° 6' 40"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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