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Kumtag 066

Basic information

Name: Kumtag 066
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2023
Country: China
Mass: 21.92 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 112	(2023)	L~4
Recommended:			L~4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 41 approved meteorites classified as L~4. [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:

Kumtag 066 41.19105378°N, 93.87615009°E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2023 Feb 16

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~4)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by a meteorite Hunter Team: Yihang Huang, Xuefeng Yang, Yu Long, Lixin Yang, Abulaiti, Jiandong Xing and Ma Wang in the Xinjiang desert in 16 Feb 2023.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Many black-brown stones without fusion crust. The largest individual is 3099 grams, in total 21.92 kg

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) gray-brown matrix with well defined close packed chondrules (0.3-3 mm, partly rimmed by metal and sulfide), few metal and sulfide, and some melt pockets..

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.73

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~4, W3)

Specimens: 22.3 g on deposit at IfP, main mass with Yihang Huang and Xuefeng Yang, 97 g with Bart

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2023 Feb 16
Latitude:	41.19105378°N
Longitude:	93.87615009°E
Mass (g):	21920
Pieces:	many
Class:	L~4
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.73
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	22.3
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	Yihang Huang and Xuefeng Yang
Finder:	Yihang Huang, Xuefeng Yang, Yu Long, Lixin Yang, Abulaiti, Jiandong Xing, and Ma Wang
Comments:	working name WZ207; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
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IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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. 112, in preparation (2023)

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 11' 28"N, 93° 52' 34"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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