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| 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: |
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: |
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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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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