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Wubao 004

Basic information

Name: Wubao 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass: 369 g

Classification
history:

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LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 365 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 13 Feb 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Wubao 004 42°09’23.65"N, 92°51’59.90"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2019 Oct 2

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

Physical characteristics: A single stone. Cut face reveals abundant large chondrules, metal and sulfides.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed large well-delineated chondrules. Opaques are metal and trolite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_26.4±9.0, range Fa_10.6-34.2, Fa PMD 29.6%, Cr₂O₃ 0.09±0.10 wt% (n=7). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_14.1±9.5Wo_2.0±2.1(n=3).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Lei Wenchang and Feng Lijun.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Date:	2019 Oct 2
Latitude:	42°09'23.65"N
Longitude:	92°51'59.90"E
Mass (g):	369
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	26.4±9.0 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.1±9.5 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.0±2.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.30
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Lei Wenchang and Feng Lijun
Finder:	Lei Wenchang and Feng Lijun
Comments:	work name K476; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(42° 9' 24"N, 92° 52' 0"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 266 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 421 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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