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Eboliang 004

Basic information

Name: Eboliang 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: China
Mass: 30.2 g

Classification
history:

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L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8604 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 21 Dec 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Eboliang 004 38°12’08"N, 92°50’32"E

Qinghai, China

Find: 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by Peng Zhenhong about 13 km SW of the Eboliang 001 in July 2013.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) dark brown fragment of 30.2 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) strong recrystallized matrix with indistinct chondrules. Cracks are filled mainly with iron hydroxides.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa_24.2±0.5(n=32); pyroxene Fs_20.9±1.3Wo_1.7±0.2(n=9); chromite CRAL86, FFM87; pyrrhotite. Ni=4 wt%; pentlandite. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.62.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, S4, W4)

Specimens: 6.9 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart holds the main mass.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Qinghai
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2016
Latitude:	38°12'08"N
Longitude:	92°50'32"E
Mass (g):	30.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2±0.5 (n=32)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.9±1.3 (n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.62
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	6.9
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	R. Bartoschewitz
Finder:	Peng Zhenhong
Comments:	donation of Ziyao Wang. Working name WZD#01; non-hygroscopic; 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° 12' 8"N, 92° 50' 32"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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