Qidong is a L/LL5-an chondrite meteorite fallen in 1982 in China. After detonation a single individual specimen was found in the field. Other circumstances of fall and recovery were not reported. [1 ]
Composition and classification [ edit ]
This meteorite is intermediate between
L and LL ordinary chondrites, possibly indicating formation on a separate parent body. Its [3 ] fayalite, ferrosilite place this stone at the extreme higher end of L chondrites, the metal content is typical of LL chondrites and the Co abundance in matrix kamacite (15 mg/g) is at the extreme lower end of LL chondrites.
See also [ edit ]
^ a b c d A. L. Graham. Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 65. Meteoritics, vol. 22, page 160
^ Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Qidong
^ Kallemeyn G. W., Rubin A. E., Wang D., and Wasson J. T. Ordinary chondrites: Bulk compositions, classification, lithophile-element fractionations, and composition-petrographic type relationships. 1989, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 53, 2747–2767.
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