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Dunlike 003

Basic information

Name: Dunlike 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: China
Mass: 26.9 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H~3
Recommended:			H~3 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as H~3.
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 7 May 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Dunlike 003 39°36’16.67"N, 89°31’19.54"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: Nov 2018

Classification: H~3

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Tailu Zhao (Shanshan County, Xinjiang) in Shanshan (Xinjiang) in 2018. This meteorite was discovered in the Hongliugou, Haitou area, in Nov. 2018.

Physical characteristics: brown stone of 26.9 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown, rusty matrix, with well-defined chondrules (0.2-1.4 mm, av. ~0.6 mm), and completely oxidized metal and sulfide.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.98

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~3, W5)

Specimens: 6.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 4 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	Nov 2018
Latitude:	39°36'16.67"N
Longitude:	89°31'19.54"E
Mass (g):	26.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~3
Weathering grade:	W5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.98
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	6.7
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Tailu Zhao (Shanshan)
Comments:	working name WZ83; 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::	(39° 36' 17"N, 89° 31' 20"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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