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Kumtag 056
Basic information Name: Kumtag 056
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass:help 1020 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 7132 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Apr 2020
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 109:

Kumtag 056        41°42’3.15"N, 93°43’26.98"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2019 Mar

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Wentao Yang (Urumqi) in the desert near Kumtag (Xinjiang Province) in Mar 2019

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Three black stones with a total weight of 1020 g were discovered within 1.5 m distance.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well-defined chondrules (0.3-1.0 mm, av. 0.6 mm) of various types and chondrule fragments are set in recrystallized matrix. Metal and sulfide penetration into cracks blackened the meteorite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa23.5±0-5 (n=20); pyroxene Fs19.1±0.3Wo1.8±1.1 (n=5); chromite CRAL=86,m FFM=75. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.68

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, W2)

Specimens: 22.6 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 101 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:desert
Date:2019 Mar
Latitude:41°42'3.15"N
Longitude:93°43'26.98"E
Mass (g):1020
Pieces:3
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±0-5 (n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.1±0.3 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±1.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.68
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):22.6
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Ziyao Wang
Finder:Wentao Yang (Urumqi)
Comments:working name WZ128; 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Wang Ziyao         
Geography:

China
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (41° 42' 3"N, 93° 43' 27"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 264 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 417 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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