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Alaer 004

Basic information

Name: Alaer 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: China
Mass: 11 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	LL~6
Recommended:			LL~6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL~6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Alaer 004 40°22’35.09"N, 81°21’48.29"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2007

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Xingang Fan in Aksu, Xinjiang in 2018. This meteorite was discovered in the Taklimakan region, close to Alaer in 2007.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) 5 small black stones without fusion crust totaling 11 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown, recrystallized matrix, with poorly developed gray chondrules ~ 1 mm) and few small metal specks

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 3.99

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~6, W3)

Specimens: 2.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 2.3 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2007
Latitude:	40°22'35.09"N
Longitude:	81°21'48.29"E
Mass (g):	11
Pieces:	5
Class:	LL~6
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	3.99
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	2.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Xingang Fan (Aksu)
Comments:	working name WZ64; 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::	(40° 22' 35"N, 81° 21' 48"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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