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Hami 018

Basic information

Name: Hami 018
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 217 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L~5
Recommended:			L~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 72 approved meteorites classified as L~5. [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:

Hami 018 42°22’13.35"N, 93°15’17.29"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Yongsheng Wang in the desert near Hami city (Xinjiang province) in 2015.

Physical characteristics: Brown irregular stone of 216.7 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown, recrystallized matrix, with developed gray chondrules (0.3-1.8 mm, av. 0.8 mm) and small irregular metal and sulfide inclusions

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.90

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W2)

Specimens: 20.5 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 24 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2015
Latitude:	42°22'13.35"N
Longitude:	93°15'17.29"E
Mass (g):	216.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~5
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.90
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.5
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Yongsheng Wang
Comments:	working name WZ59; 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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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(42° 22' 13"N, 93° 15' 17"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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