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Kumtag 060
Basic information Name: Kumtag 060
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass:help 5.59 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Oct 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Xinjiang
Date:2019 Apr 8
Latitude:41°33'43.76"N
Longitude:93°23'53.67"E
Mass (g):5590
Pieces:4
Class:L5
Fayalite (mol%):24.8±0.3 (n=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.2±0.3 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.2 (n=7)
Classifier:Peng H., Zhang S., and Fan Y., IGCAS
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:IGCAS
Main mass:Chen Pengli
Finder:Chen Pengli
Comments:Submitted by Li Shijie
Institutions
   and collections		 IGCAS: Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China (institutional address; updated 27 Mar 2018)
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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::   (41° 33' 44"N, 93° 23' 54"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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