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| Basic information | Name: Orgon Tal Sum This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: China Mass:  189 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8298 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 20 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Orgon Tal Sum 43°17’32.96"N, 112°46’8.17"E Nei Mongol, China Find: 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Chengguang Liang and Lidao Bao in the desert near Orgon Tal Sum (Inner Mongolia) in 2017 Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Flat brown stone of 189 g without fusion crust Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized matrix with well developed chondrules of various types up to 4 mm (av. ~0.8 mm). Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa24.3±1.0 (n=36); pyroxene Fs20.3±0.3 (n=4), Wo1.6±0.2; chromite CRAL86, FFM84. Kamacite Ni=7.9, Co=0.7 (n=1); taenite Ni=23-31, Co=0.2-0.5 (n=4) (all wt%); troilite. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.09 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, S4, W1) Specimens: 20.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 22 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 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. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Nei Mongol, China (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites from China (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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