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| Basic information | Name: Bayin Gobi 003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: BG 003 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: China Mass:  3.92 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 185 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Bayin Gobi 003 (BG 003) ~41°19’N, ~105°20’E Nei Mongol, China Find: Oct 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Xueming Tang in the desert near Bayin Gobi in Oct. 2015. He sold it to Songshan Wang and was purchased by Ziyao Wang in June 2020. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) brown stone of 3920 g without fusion crust Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz) brown stained recrystallized matrix with indistinct chondrules (0.4-1.5 mm, mean 0.8 mm), and tiny sulfide specks and mainly oxidized metal Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.37 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W4) Specimens: 21.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Weichao Li and Ziyao Wang hold the main mass, and 207 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites from Nei Mongol, China (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 421 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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