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Kumtag 014

Basic information

Name: Kumtag 014
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass: 693 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 23 Nov 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Kumtag 014 41°57’30.4"N, 93°13’36.3"E

Xinjiang, China

Found: 5 May 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: On 5 May 2013, a team including Bingkui Miao, Yangting Lin, Shijie Li, Deqiu Dai, Wenjie Shen, Sen Hu, Lei Kesi,Peng Wang, Yongwang Lai, Zhipeng Xia found this meteorite ~5 km west of the Kumtag sand dune.

Physical characteristics: Total mass: 693 g (only 1 piece), no fusion curst, with a gray surface

Petrography: It displays a well-developed chondritic texture with chondrules 0.3 to 1 mm in size. A variety of chondrule types is present. The matrix is opaque. Most minerals show progressive zoning.

Geochemistry: Olivine: Fa_26.4±11.6(n=66); Pyroxene: Fs_21.8±7.0Wo_3.6±5.2(n=57).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3, S1, W2).

Specimens: About 212 g and two thin sections are deposited in GUT.

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	Gobi Desert
Date:	5 May 2013
Latitude:	41°57'30.4"N
Longitude:	93°13'36.3"E
Mass (g):	693
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	26.4±11.6 (n=66)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.8±7.0 (n=57)
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.6±5.2 (n=57)
Classifier:	Z. Xia, B. Miao, H. Chen. GUT
Type spec mass (g):	212
Type spec location:	GUT
Main mass:	GUT, CAS, SYSU, HNUST and the Xinjiang Sixth Geological Team
Finder:	Bingkui Miao et al.
Comments:	Submitted by Zhipeng Xia

Institutions
and collections

GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012)
CAS: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
SYSU: Sun Yat-Sen University No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510275, China (institutional address; updated 21 Apr 2017)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 57' 30"N, 93° 13' 36"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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