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Loulan Yizhi 049

Basic information

Name: Loulan Yizhi 049
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass: 36.6 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	L~6
Recommended:			L~6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 18 Jun 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Loulan Yizhi 049 40°01’16.70"N, 89°18’8.53"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2019 Mar 18

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Aikeranmu Jiapaer in the desert near Dunlike, Xinjiang Province, on 2019 Mar 18. He sold the main mass to Xuefeng Yang.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) 13 gray-brown stones in the range from 36 g to 19.8 g and a total weight of 36.6 kg.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray porous matrix with indistinct chondrules and few small metal specks.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.22

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W4)

Specimens: 26.6 g on deposit at Kiel, Xuefeng Yang holds the main mass, and 137 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2019 Mar 18
Latitude:	40°01'16.70"N
Longitude:	89°18'8.53"E
Mass (g):	36600
Pieces:	13
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.22
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	26.6
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Xuefeng Yang
Finder:	Aikeranmu Jiapaer
Comments:	working name WZ183; 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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 1' 17"N, 89° 18' 9"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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