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Wubao 001

Basic information

Name: Wubao 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: China
Mass: 905 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H~4
Recommended:			H~4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites classified as H~4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 7 May 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Wubao 001 42°05’38.94"N, 92°12’26.68"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2017

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Wentao Yang (Urumqi) in the desert near Dahaidao (Xinjiang Province) in 2017

Physical characteristics: 905 g nearly square stone with many cracks

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) assemblage of gray to light-brown, rounded rock fragments up to 5 cm, rimmed by gray-black veins. Well recognizable chondrules (0.2-1 mm, av. 0.5 mm) and irregular metal and sulfide inclusions

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 5.06

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4, W2)

Specimens: 21.5 g on deposit at Kiel, Wentao Yang and Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 86 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2017
Latitude:	42°05'38.94"N
Longitude:	92°12'26.68"E
Mass (g):	905
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~4
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	5.06
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.5
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wentao Yang and Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Wentao Yang (Urumqi)
Comments:	working name WZ54; 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° 5' 39"N, 92° 12' 27"E)

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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