Aletai meteorite, Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, Chinai

Regional Level Types
Aletai meteorite	Meteorite Fall Location
Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture)	Prefecture
Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)	Prefecture
Xinjiang	Autonomous Region
China	Country

Iron meteorite (fragment), octahedrite (IIIE; Om)
Discovered in 2004; mass of 430 kg

The Ulasitai meteoritical mass consists mainly of kamacite (76 vol%) accompanied by taenite (10 vol%) and plessite (~10 vol%). Schreibersite is the most abundant of the minor phases which also include troilite, cohenite, and daubréelite. Ulasitai is a fragment of the enormous 20 ton Xinjiang (Armanty) iron which had been previously discovered about 130 km away. Both the larger mass and the Ulasitai mass are marked by very distinctive siderophile abundances making Xinjiang (Armanty) members of the very small group of IIIE irons with only 15 members

At the official website for the Meteoritical Society, the name "Ulasitai meteorite" was discredited as a proper (unique) name once Ulasitai was shown to be paired with the Xinjiang (Armanty) iron meteorite. Cf. Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 95 (2009). There appears to be a preference for the name 'Xinjiang' in the Chinese literature, but the name 'Armanty' was adapted in Western scientific literature so that both synonyms appear in the literature today.

see:Aletai iron meteorite (Xinjiang iron meteorite; Armanty iron meteorite; Akebulake iron meteorite; Ulasitai iron meteorite; Wuxilike iron meteorite), Fuhai Co. (Burultokay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

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