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Lop Nur 003

Basic information

Name: Lop Nur 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: China
Mass: 27.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H~5
Recommended:			H~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 182 approved meteorites classified as H~5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 9 Nov 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Lop Nur 003 40°5’N, 90°12’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2017

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Zhao Tailu (Shanshan County, Xinjiang) in Shanshan/Xinjiang in 2017. This meteorite was discovered in the Lop Nur dense collection area in 2017. The reported coordinates were read from a map provided by the finder.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Black-brown stone of 27.2 g with fusion crust and adhering sand grains

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized matrix with poor defined chondrules (0.2-0.9 mm, av. 0.4 mm)

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.55

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5, W1)

Specimens: 5.8 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 5.0 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Shanshan, Xinjiang
Date:	2017
Latitude:	40°5'N
Longitude:	90°12'E
Mass (g):	27.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~5
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.17
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	5.8
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wang Ziyao
Finder:	Zhao Tailu (Shanshan County, Xinjiang)
Comments:	working name WZ16; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 5'N, 90° 12'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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