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| Basic information | Name: Aksai Chin 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: AC 002 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: China Mass:  11.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 70 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 12 Mar 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Aksai Chin 002 (AC 002) 35° 3’30"N, 79°12’15"E Xinjiang, China Find: July 2012 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Wang Rongqing while doing field work in Aksai Chin in July 2012. It was donated to R. Bartoschewitz as a fragment of the Aksai Chin H chondrite in Nov. 2018, but was recognized as an L chondrite. Physical characteristics: Red-brown flat stone of 11.5 g. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown recrystallized matrix with defined chondrules (0.3-1.5 mm) and irregular metal and sulfide. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.62 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W3) Specimens: 3.69 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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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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