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Lenghu 007

Basic information

Name: Lenghu 007
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass: 605 g

Classification
history:

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L~6 [explanation]

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 17 Feb 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Lenghu 007 38°24’52.48"N, 93°47’56.08"E

Qinghai, China

Find: 2019 Sept 11

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Yonglu Ma near Lenghu Town (Qinghai) on 2019 Sept 11

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Gray-brown stone of 605 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) gray-brown matrix with indistinct chondrules up to 1 mm, cracks with evaporation minerals

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.87

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W4)

Specimens: 22.1 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 57 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2019 Sept 11
Latitude:	38°24'52.48"N
Longitude:	93°47'56.08"E
Mass (g):	605
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.87
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	22.1
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Yonglu Ma
Comments:	working name WZ150; 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. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(38° 24' 52"N, 93° 47' 56"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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