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| Basic information | Name: Renqiu This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1916 Country: China Mass:  355 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11509 approved meteorites (plus 6 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. THE FALL OF THE RENQIU, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: RENQIU Place of fall: Near the town of Renqiu, Hopeh Province, China. 38°40'N., 116°08'E. Date of fall: 1916, March 23. 1600 hrs. recognised 1975. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Total iron = 21.23 wt %. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 300 g Circumstances of fall: The stone was recovered from an old man whose grandfather had- kept the stone since its fall. Source: D. Wang, X. Xie and S. Yi, 1977. The Renqiu chondrite. Geochimica No. 4, 297-299. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Hebei, China This is 1 of 421 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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