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Tamusubulage 001

Basic information

Name: Tamusubulage 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: China
Mass: 41 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as LL~5. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 14 Jun 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Tamusubulage 001 40°14’25.39"N, 103° 9’15.10"E

Nei Mongol, China

Find: 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Yongsheng Wang in the desert Badain Jaran Shamo (Inner Mongolia) in 2016

Physical characteristics: 41 g stone with about 50 % black fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) light brown, recrystallized matrix with well-developed gray chondrules (0.4-2 mm, av. 1 mm) and small metal and sulfide specks

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 3.91

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~5, W2)

Specimens: 8.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 6.9 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Nei Mongol
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2016
Latitude:	40°14'25.39"N
Longitude:	103° 9'15.10"E
Mass (g):	41
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL~5
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	3.91
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	8.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Yongsheng Wang
Comments:	working name WZ62; 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° 14' 25"N, 103° 9' 15"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Nei Mongol, China (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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