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Loulan Yizhi 044

Basic information

Name: Loulan Yizhi 044
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass: 11.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H~4
Recommended:			H~4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites classified as H~4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 17 Feb 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Loulan Yizhi 044 ~40°30’N, ~89°40’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Ai Li Kayiti discovered this stone close to Loulan Yizhi in 2019 while he was searching for archaeological objects, and sold it on the Shanshan market to Ziyao Wang and donated it to R. Bartoschewitz.

Physical characteristics: Brown stone of 11.2 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) dark gray-brown matrix with distinct chondrules (0.1-0.8 mm, av. 0.4 mm), metal and sulfide

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 5.02

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4, W2)

Specimens: 2.7 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass with Bart.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2019
Latitude:	~40°30'N
Longitude:	~89°40'E
Mass (g):	11.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~4
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	5.02
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	2.70
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	R. Bartoschewitz
Finder:	Ai Li Kayiti
Comments:	working name WZD#21; 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. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 30'N, 89° 40'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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