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Alatage Mountain 048

Basic information

Name: Alatage Mountain 048
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AM 048
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 128 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 112	(2023)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Apr 2023

Writeup

Writeup from MB 112:

Alatage Mountain 048 (AM 048) 41°56’27.97"N, 92°39’9.06"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2015 Nov 15

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Airula Simayi in the desert near Hami Alatage Mountain, Xinjiang, on 15 Nov 2015, Airula·Simayi sold to Xu Hao 52 kg in Mar, 2023.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) A large gray black stone of 128 kg with many very deep cracks penetratiing from the surface, disintegrate the stone into many parts.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) gray strong recrystallized matrix with poor defined chondrules and few fine grained metal and sulfide.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.76

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, W2)

Specimens: 21.4 g on deposit at UGött, main mass with Xu Hao, 48 kg with Airula·Simayi, 105 g with Bart

Data from:
  MB112
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2015 Nov 15
Latitude:	41°56'27.97"N
Longitude:	92°39'9.06"E
Mass (g):	128000
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.76
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.4
Type spec location:	UGött
Main mass:	Xu Hao
Finder:	Airula Simayi
Comments:	working name WZ217; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
UGött: Geowissenschaftliches Museum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 26 Nov 2020)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 56' 28"N, 92° 39' 9"E)

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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