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| Basic information | Name: Jinchang 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: China Mass:  813 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 16 Dec 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Jinchang 001 38°24’45.56"N, 102° 2’48.71"E Gansu, China Find: 22 Aug 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Wang Ziyao in a Gobi desert area of Yongchang county, 15 km SW of Jinchang city, Gansu province, on Aug. 22, 2015. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Black-brown stone of 813 g with rusty fusion crust with adhering sand grains. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Brown-stained, recrystallized matrix with poorly defined chondrules and irregular metal and sulfide specks up to 0.6 mm Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.27 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W2) Specimens: 20.5g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 114.8 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Gansu, China This is 1 of 467 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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