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| Basic information | Name: Loulan Yizhi 029 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: unknown Country: China Mass:  35 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites classified as H~4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: |
Approved 3 Aug 2019 Revised 4 Aug 2019: corrected mass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Loulan Yizhi 029 ~40°26’N, ~89°54’E Xinjiang, China Find: unknown Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4) History: (Ziyao Wang) Tailu Zhao from Shanshan discovered this stone close to the Louland Yizhi ancient city. Find date and exact coordinates were not documented. Ziyao Wang obtained this stone in December 2018 and donated it to R. Bartoschewitz. Physical characteristics: One brown heavy corroded stone grown together with hardened desert soil of 35 g Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown recrystallized matrix with well developed chondrules (0.4-2 mm, av. 0.6 mm), metal and sulphide completely oxidized, cracks show crystalls of sulphates and carbonates. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.94 Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H~4, W6) Specimens: 7.4 g on deposit at Kiel, 20 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 316 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 6 unapproved names) This is 1 of 480 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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