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Kumtag 055 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Kumtag 055 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: China Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11472 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 109:
Kumtag 055 41°35’51.44"N, 93°47’42.43"E Xinjiang, China Find: 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by the geologist Jianming Wang (Hami/Xinjiang) during field work in the Kumtag Desert in 2013 Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Black, irregular stone without fusion crust of 235.3 g Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) fractured shock-darkened matrix with chondrules and mineral fragments. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa23.9±0.7 (n=20); poor Ca pyroxene Fs20.3±0.6 (n=9), Wo2.0±0.4: high Ca pyroxene En75Fs18Wo7. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.71. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6 shock darkened, S4, W2) Specimens: 22.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 30 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 264 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 417 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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