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| Basic information | Name: Pakepake 013 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2024 Country: China Mass:  13.4 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 295 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 21 Sep 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 113:
Pakepake 013 38.73015359°N, 83.97826206°E Xinjiang, China Find: 2024 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: Discovered by a meteorite hunter in the Xinjiang desert on March 7, 2024, and acquired by Ziyao Wang on March 8, 2024. Physical characteristics: Single individual pebble. Saw-cut surface reveals a breccia with dark clasts set in a darker groundmass. A few smaller light-colored clasts are also present. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows a fragmental breccia of predominately pyroxene and plagioclase. The pyroxene shows a continuum of compositions between pigeonite and augite. Pyroxene grains possess exsolution lamellae. Minor phases include silica and ilmenite. Geochemistry: (M. Spilde and C. Agee, UNM) Clinopyroxene Fs41.3±11.7Wo26.8±14.1, Fe/Mn=31±1, n=7; plagioclase An91.2±1.5Ab8.2±1.8, n=3. Classification: Monomict eucrite Specimens: 4.1 g on deposit at UNM, WangZ holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB113 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) WangZ: Ziyao Wang, Hebei GEO University North Campus, Huai An dong road 127, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province , China (private address; updated 25 Jun 2021) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 383 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 7 unapproved names) This is 1 of 562 approved meteorites from China (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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