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| Basic information | Name: Ganq 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: China Mass:  3.91 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 2 Dec 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Ganq 001 37°29’12.31"N, 92°18’37.84"E Qinghai, China Find: 03 Nov 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai) in the Gobi desert about 150 km SE of Huangtouzhen, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, on Nov. 3, 2013. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang and R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) One black-brown almost complete rounded stone of 3907 g with about 90% of weathered and eolic eroded fusion crust. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) heavy brown stainted recrystallized matrix with poor defined chondrules (0.4 - 3 mm) and irregular metal and sulphide inclusions up to 2 mm Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.62 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W3) Specimens: 20.5 g on deposit at Kiel, Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai) and Wang Ziyao hold the main mass, and 108.5 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 28 approved meteorites from Qinghai, China This is 1 of 467 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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