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Loulan Yizhi 034

Basic information

Name: Loulan Yizhi 034
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: China
Mass: 7 kg

Classification
history:

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Ureilite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 5 Sep 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Loulan Yizhi 034 ~40°09’N, ~89°39’E

Xinjiang, China

Find: 28 Mar 2019

Classification: Ureilite

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Aikeranmu Jiapaer (Shanshan County, Xinjiang) in Shanshan/Xinjiang in Jul 2019. This meteorite was discovered by Aikeranmu Jiapaer on 28 Mar 2019

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Two brown individuals of 6.2 kg and 850 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) silicate grains up to 3 mm in length with triple junctions, surrounded by graphite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa_21.6±0.7(n=22); pigeonite En₇₃Fs₁₈Wo₉(n=11). Ni-poor kamacite Ni=0.7, Co=0.3 (n=3). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.45

Classification: Ureilite

Specimens: 20.2 g at Kiel, Ziyao Wang, Yifeng Duan and Shuming Wang hold the main mass and 166 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Xinjiang
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	28 Mar 2019
Latitude:	~40°09'N
Longitude:	~89°39'E
Mass (g):	7000
Pieces:	2
Class:	Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):	21.6±0.7 (n=22)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.45
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ziyao Wang, Yifeng Duan and Shuming Wang
Finder:	Aikeranmu Jiapaer
Comments:	working name WZ137; 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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Photos:

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Wang Ziyao

Geography:

China

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 9'N, 89° 39'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 268 approved meteorites from Xinjiang, China (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 423 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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