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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: Fa26.4±11.6 (n=66); Pyroxene: Fs21.8±7.0Wo3.6±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: |
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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:![]() |
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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