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Kumtag 051

Basic information

Name: Kumtag 051
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: China
Mass: 76.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L~3
Recommended:			L~3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as L~3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 12 Apr 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Kumtag 051 41°35’56.20"N, 93°35’40.24"E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~3)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Discovered by the geologist Jianming Wang (Hami/Xinjiang) during field work in the Kumtag Desert in 2013.

Physical characteristics: fractured brown-black stone without fusion crust of 76.1 g.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) dark-gray matrix with well-developed, lighter chondrules (0.3-2 mm, av. 0.8 mm) and irregular metal and sulfide inclusions.

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

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~3, W1)

Specimens: 15.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 18 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2013
Latitude:	41°35'56.20"N
Longitude:	93°35'40.24"E
Mass (g):	76.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~3
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.87
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	15.3
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang
Finder:	Jianming Wang
Comments:	working name WZ56; 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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Photos:

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Wang Ziyao

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 35' 56"N, 93° 35' 40"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 267 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 422 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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