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Hami 017

Basic information

Name: Hami 017
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: China
Mass: 327 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L~5
Recommended:			L~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 71 approved meteorites classified as L~5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Hami 017 42°17’11.12"N, 93°26’19.09"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) The meteorite was discovered by Zijian Wang near Hami city (Xinjiang province) in 2016.

Physical characteristics: Two brown stones with totally 326.8 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown, recrystallized matrix, with developed chondrules (0.4-1 mm, av. 0.6 mm) and irregular metal and sulfide inclusions

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.86

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W3)

Specimens: 22.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 118 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2016
Latitude:	42°17'11.12"N
Longitude:	93°26'19.09"E
Mass (g):	326.8
Pieces:	2
Class:	L~5
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.86
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	22.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Zijian Wang (Urumqi)
Comments:	working name WZ65; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(42° 17' 11"N, 93° 26' 19"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 5 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 476 approved meteorites from China (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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