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Eboliang 003

Basic information

Name: Eboliang 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass: 23.4 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 3 Aug 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Eboliang 003 38°12’08"N, 92°50’32"E

Qinghai, China

Find: 2013 Jul

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Peng Zhenhong in July 2013.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) dark-brown fragment of 23.4 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) dark-brown matrix with poorly defined chondrules; metal completely oxidized.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.62

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W5)

Specimens: 6.8 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2013 Jul
Latitude:	38°12'08"N
Longitude:	92°50'32"E
Mass (g):	23.4
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.62
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	6.8
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	R. Bartoschewitz
Finder:	Peng Zhenhong
Comments:	donation of Ziyao Wang. Working name WZD#03; hygroscopic, pH4; 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::	(38° 12' 8"N, 92° 50' 32"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites from Qinghai, China
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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