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| Basic information | Name: Loulan Yizhi 043 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: China Mass:  10.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites classified as EL3. [show all] Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Loulan Yizhi 043 ~40°30’N, ~89°40’E Xinjiang, China Find: 2019 Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL3) History: (Ziyao Wang) Ai Li Kayiti discovered this stone close to Loulan Yizhi in 2019 while they were searching for archaeological objects, sold it on the Shanshan market to Ziyao Wang, and donated it to R. Bartoschewitz. Physical characteristics: Single brown stone of 10.6 g Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well developed chondrules (mainly PP and GP) up to 1.5 mm (av. 0.5±0.2 mm; n=11) with dominant enstatite, few forsterite and minor feldspar and silica set in a fine-grained dark red-brown translucent matrix together with mineral fragments and metallic grains. Internal cracks are filled with Fe-oxides/hydroxides. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Forsterite Fa0.2 (Fa0.1-0.2; n=4); enstatite Fs0.8Wo0.8 (Fs0.1-5.4Wo0.4-5.7); n=36); feldspar An5Or5-10 (n=2). Troilite Ti=0.4, Cr=2.1, Mn=0.8 (n=2); kamacite Si=1.4 (1.3-1.7), Ni=5.6 (4.9-7.1, n=11) wt%. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.49 Classification: Enstatite chondrite ELa3 (S1, W3) Specimens: 2.5 g on deposit in Kiel, main mass and polished thin section with Bart, 1 g with Ziyao Wang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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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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