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Kuiyibage

Basic information

Name: Kuiyibage
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: China
Mass: 6.65 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 23 May 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Kuiyibage 38°5.02’N, 77°9.51’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Purchased by Corey Kuo on 17 June 2018 from a local in Xinjiang named Mr. Hu, who had previously found the stone in the Gobi desert nearby to a town called Kuiyibage.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with dark-brown fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Sample is an equilibrated chondrite containing blurred chondrules (0.2-1.2 mm, n=12), secondary recrystallized albitic feldspar (Av. 25±5 μm), troilite, kamacite, taenite, Fe-oxides, chlorapatite, and chromite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_17.9±0.2, range Fa_17.6-18.3, n=24), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs_16.0±0.3Wo_1.3±0.2, range Fs_15.6-16.5Wo_0.8-1.7, n=18).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5)

Specimens: 45 grams at UCLA; main mass with Corey Kuo.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	Kuiyibage
Date:	2018
Latitude:	38°5.02'N
Longitude:	77°9.51'E
Mass (g):	6650
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.9±0.2 (N=24)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.0±0.3 (N=18)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.2 (N=18)
Magnetic suscept.:	5.28
Classifier:	D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):	45
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Corey Kuo
Comments:	Submitted by Daniel Sheikh

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(38° 5' 1"N, 77° 9' 31"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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Synonyms

Kuiyibage 001 (First meteorite in DCA)

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