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Yu Wei Liang 002

Basic information

Name: Yu Wei Liang 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: YWL 002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 22.9 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H~6
Recommended:			H~6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 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 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Yu Wei Liang 002 (YWL 002) 41°53’31.40"N, 91°08’58.00"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) The meteorite was discovered by the meteorite hunter Jianjiang Xu (Hami/Xinjiang) near Ruoqiang (Xinjing) in 2015

Physical characteristics: brown stone of 22.9 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) dark-gray, recrystallized matrix, with poorly recognizable chondrules, and nearly oxidized metal and sulfide

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.78

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W5)

Specimens: 4.6 g on deposit at Kiel, Jianming Wang and Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 5 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2015
Latitude:	41°53'31.40"N
Longitude:	91°08'58.00"E
Mass (g):	22.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~6
Weathering grade:	W5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.78
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	4.6
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Jianjiang Xu
Comments:	working name WZ93; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 53' 31"N, 91° 8' 58"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 291 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites from China (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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