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Ganq 003

Basic information

Name: Ganq 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 2.2 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	L~5
Recommended:			L~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites classified as L~5. [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 003 37°39’35.17"N, 92°15’36.22"E

Qinghai, China

Find: 16 Sept 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Chen Wie (Haixi/Qinghai) in the desert close to Mangai county, Haixi, Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on 16 Sept 2015. Liu Binghan (Haixi/Qinghai) purchased the complete stone in 2018.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Black-brown stone of 2200 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown stainted recrystallized matrix with well-defined chondrules (0.4-2 mm, av. 0.7 mm).

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.82

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W3/4)

Specimens: 20.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Liu Binghan holds the main mass, 138 g with Wang Ziyao, and 106 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	16 Sept 2015
Latitude:	37°39'35.17"N
Longitude:	92°15'36.22"E
Mass (g):	2200
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~5
Weathering grade:	W3/4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.82
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Liu Binghan
Finder:	Chen Wie (Haixi, Qinghai)
Comments:	working name WZ12; 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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(37° 39' 35"N, 92° 15' 36"E)

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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