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Baqiangzi
Basic information Name: Baqiangzi
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: China
Mass:help 1200 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  EL7
Recommended:  EL7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as EL7.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 23 May 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Baqiangzi        43°54’09.2"N, 93°12’13.2"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2012

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL7)

History: (Ziyao Wang) One piece was discovered by the geologist Jianming Wang (Hami/Xinjiang) during field work near Barkol in 2012. After confirmation of its meteoritic nature, Jianming Wang discovered further fragments in 2019.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Three dark-yellowish, irregular stones of 899, 176 and 125 g.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz) Breccia of dark olive-green silicate clasts with fine metal particles in a lighter host, often separated by a spongy network of metal veins. Strongly recrystallized meteorite (av. grain size ~100 µm), with few chondrules relict up to 0.8 mm. Main minerals are olivine, pyroxene, metal, and sulfides. Feldspar grains are up to 150 µm.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) olivine Fa0.2±0.1 (n=19); low-Ca pyroxene Fs0.3±0.1Wo1.4±0.3 (n=6); diopside En53Fs1Wo46 (n=2); feldspar An17±5Or2 (n=3). Kamacite Ni=6.9, Co=0.7, Si<0.1 (n=6); troilite Cr=0.7, Ti=0.2 (n=4); alabandite Fe=6 (n=1) (all wt-%). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.45

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL7, W1), based on texture and plagioclase size

Specimens: 20.4 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 17 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:desert
Date:2012
Latitude:43°54'09.2"N
Longitude:93°12'13.2"E
Mass (g):1200
Pieces:3
Class:EL7
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):0.2±0.1 (n=19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.3±0.1 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:5.45
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Ziyao Wang
Finder:Jianming Wang
Comments:working name WZ92; 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::   (43° 54' 9"N, 93° 12' 13"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 344 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 513 approved meteorites from China (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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