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Lenghu 006

Basic information

Name: Lenghu 006
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: China
Mass: 91.8 g

Classification
history:

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

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 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Lenghu 006 38°41’56.38"N, 93°36’39.91"E

Qinghai, China

Find: 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Yongsheng Wang near Lenghu Town (Qinghai) in 2015.

Physical characteristics: Brown nearly round stone of 91.8 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) light-brown, recrystallized matrix, poorly developed chondrules, and melt veins. Metal and sulfide nearly completely oxidized.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.59

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W4)

Specimens: 19.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 14 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2015
Latitude:	38°41'56.38"N
Longitude:	93°36'39.91"E
Mass (g):	91.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~6
Weathering grade:	W4
Magnetic suscept.:	4,59
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	19.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Yongsheng Wang
Comments:	working name WZ63; 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::	(38° 41' 56"N, 93° 36' 40"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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