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Kanatli
Basic information Name: Kanatli
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Turkey
Mass:help 724 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2883 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Jul 2021
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 110:

Kanatli        37°11’40.77"N, 39°23’10.65"E

Urfa, Turkey

Find: 2021 Mar 5

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: The meteorite was found on 5 March 2021 by Mr. Deniz Bugenc and his brother Mr. Hasan Bugenc during their field work near the villiage of Kanatli, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Their friend, Mr. Erdal Karakehya, recognized the rocks as meteorites and arranged the type specimen, which was sent to Dr. Mehmet Yesiltas at KirkU for classification. Main mass remains with the finders.

Physical characteristics: Both stones are largely fusion crusted. Interior is light-gray color and rusted. Very small amount of metal is visible

Petrography: Highly crystallized mineral composition with partially granulitic texture. Chondrules are visible but poorly defined. Mineralogy consists of olivine, pyroxene, chromite, feldspar, and FeNi metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa28.5-29.7), Pyroxene (Fs24.95-25.11Wo1.62), Sodic Plagioclase (An17.47±0.5, n=12).

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Urfa
Date:2021 Mar 5
Latitude:37°11'40.77"N
Longitude:39°23'10.65"E
Mass (g):724
Pieces:2
Class:LL6
Fayalite (mol%):29.0±0.5 (n=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.0±0.1 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.62
Magnetic suscept.:4.58 (n=10)
Classifier:M. Yesiltas, KirkU, Namik Aysal, UIst, Yusuf Kagan Kadioglu, Ankara Univ
Type spec mass (g):26
Type spec location:KirkU
Main mass:with finder
Finder:Deniz Bugenc, Hasan Bugenc
Comments:Submitted by Mehmet Yesiltas
Institutions
   and collections		 UIst: University of Istanbul, Engineering Faculty, Department of Geological Engineering, Avcilar-Istanbul-Turkey, Turkey (institutional address; updated 12 Nov 2015)
KirkU: Dr. Mehmet Yesiltas Faculty of Aeronautics and Space Sciences Office: Z10 Kirklareli University – Kayali Campus Kirklareli, Turkey 39100, Turkey (institutional address; updated 4 Jul 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:

Turkey
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (37° 11' 41"N, 39° 23' 11"E)

Statistics:
     This is the only approved meteorite from Urfa, Turkey
     This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Turkey (plus 4 unapproved names)
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