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| Basic information | Name: Mount Yirtkuq Bulak 005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MYB 005 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: China Mass:  6.33 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites classified as H6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 5 Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Mount Yirtkuq Bulak 005 (MYB 005) 41°49’47.69"N, 90°26’10.14"E Xinjiang, China Find: 2021 Sep 10 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6, melt breccia) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Aikeranmu Jiapaer in the desert near Xiao’er Bulake, Shanshan, on Sept. 10, 2021. He sold the meteorites to Ziyao Wang. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz) Many brownish-yellow stones weighing between 560 g to below 10 g, total weight 6330 g. The surface shows heavy fractures that are filled with carbonates and quartz grains. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) The specimen consists of a brown stained chondrite clast beside a much finer grained dark-gray melt rock. The chondrite presents a strong recrystallized matrix with indistinct chondrules and metal and sulfide as small aggregates and melt veins. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa18.2±0.3 (n=12); pyroxene Fs16.7±0.6Wo1.2±0.2 (n=8); feldspar An14±1Or6±2 (n=3); chromite CRAL 85, FFM 72 (n=2). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.02 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6-melt breccia, W2) Specimens: 20.9 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass with Ziyao Wang, and 117 g polished mount with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 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 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names) This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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