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| Basic information | Name: Huangtuya 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: China Mass:  5.35 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 20 Jan 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Huangtuya 002 42°38’45"N, 91°15’20"E Xinjiang, China Find: 2016 Sep 23 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB) History: The meteorite was found in September 2016 by Dr. Gaojie in the Gobi desert of Shanshan County, Xinjiang Province. A local meteorite hunter Han Yongfeng identified it as an iron meteorite. Physical characteristics: The total mass of the meteorite is 5345 g. It is a cone-shaped mass with fusion crust and regmaglypts. Petrography: Bands of kamacite and taenite can be found in the sample, with the bandwidth of 1.5-2 mm, in a coarse Widmanstaetten pattern. Some inclusions of troilite can be found in the sample, including an elliptical one with a long axis of 15 mm. Geochemistry: (By using ELAN DRC-e Q-ICP-MS) Fe=90.3, Ni=7.90, Co=0.13 (in wt%). Ga=17.19, Ge=30.87 As=3.39 W=1.23, Ir=4.80, Au=0.65 (in ppm) Classification: Iron Meteorite (Og), IIIAB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 302 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 467 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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