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Loulan Yizhi 035

Basic information

Name: Loulan Yizhi 035
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: China
Mass: 4.7 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 18 Apr 2020

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Writeup from MB 109:

Loulan Yizhi 035 ~40°37’N, ~89°52’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Wentao Yang in Urumqi/Xinjiang in 2019. This meteorite was discovered in the Loulanyizhi dense collection area in 2018.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Gray-black stone of 4.7 kg, without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well developed chondrules (0.2-1 mm, av. 0.5 mm) of various types, chondrule and many mineral fragments set in a brown stained matrix.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa_18.3±0.3(n=42); pyroxene Fs_16.1±0.3Wo_1.1±0.2(n=20); chromite CRAL=70-84, FFM=80-89. Kamacite Ni=6.8, Co=0.6 (n=2); pyrrhotite Ni=1.4-5.2 (n=11 (all wt%). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.98

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, S3, W4)

Specimens: 20.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 117 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2018
Latitude:	~40°37'N
Longitude:	~89°52'E
Mass (g):	4700
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	18.3±0.3 (n=42)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1±0.3 (n=20)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.98
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name WZ143; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
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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. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

China

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 37'N, 89° 52'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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