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Daban

Basic information

Name: Daban
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: China
Mass: 58 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 72 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 14 Sep 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Daban 43°35’25.85"N, 118°39’54.69"E

Nei Mongol, China

Find: 2017 Mar

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Xianghui Zheng in the desert near Daban (Bairin Youqi), Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, in Mar 2017.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Light-yellow stone, with fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown-yellow recrystallized matrix with recognizable chondrules (0.4-2 mm, av. 0.7 mm).

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.73

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W2)

Specimens: 13.4 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 7 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Nei Mongol
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2017 Mar
Latitude:	43°35'25.85"N
Longitude:	118°39'54.69"E
Mass (g):	58
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~5
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.73
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	13.4
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Xianghui Zheng
Comments:	working name WZ113; 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::	(43° 35' 26"N, 118° 39' 55"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites from Nei Mongol, China (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 489 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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