THE DISCOVERY OF QINGDAO IRON METEORITE AND ITS CHEMIEAL COMPOSITION AND MINERALOGY

The Qingdao iron meteorite was found in May,2004.Its weight is about 3 ton.It may be the third largest iron meteorite in China.Fe content is 94.02%,Ni content 5.29%,and Co 0.45% in the iron meteorite.The main mineral is kamacite,and crystal and aggregate of schreibersite were also found in the iron meteorite.These minerals are typical of iron meteorite.The iron meteorite occurred in Holocene sediments,so it landed in Holocene.