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| Basic information | Name: Hongshijing 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: China Mass:  710 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 388 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 21 Dec 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Hongshijing 002 40°16’13.63"N, 92° 0’54.63"E Xinjiang, China Find: 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Wentao Yang (Urumqi) in the desert near Hongshijing (Xinjiang Province) in 2017 Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Oval brown-yellow stone of 710 g. On the surface, many chondrules are visible Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized brown stained matrix with well developed chondrules of various types (0.4-3 mm, av. 0.9 mm). Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa26.5±0.2 (n=20); pyroxene Fs19.3±3.9Wo0.8±0.8 (n=20); chromite CRAL87, FFM91. Kamacite Ni=4.2, Co=1.4 (n=1); taenite Ni=21-40, Co=1.0-1.3 (n=2); troilite; smythite Ni=5.4, Co=0.4 (all wt%). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.65 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4, S2, W4) Specimens: 23.0 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 74 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 298 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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