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Yamato 790113
Basic information Name: Yamato 790113
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-790113
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1979
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 19 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite-pmict
NIPR Catalogue:  2000 Edition  (2000)  Eucrite-pmict
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 407 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
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Writeup from MN J6(1):

Y-790113, 82-2: Eucrite

         Angular complete stone with black shiny fusion crust, some parts of which are broken. Polymict eucrite. A stained lithic crust 1x0.8 mm in size is seen on a side face. A polymict HED breccia with subrounded clasts and fragments set in dark comminuted matrix. Eucritic clasts include a glassy clast with skeletal phenocrysts of pyroxene, very fine-grained eucrites and a part of coarse-grained eucrites. Dominant pyroxene fragments are fragments of coarse-grained basalts. Brownish pyroxene with very fine exsolution is present.

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References: Published in Meteorites news : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites /Meteorites news : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,6(1),1-47 (1996-03)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (71° 30'S, 35° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (71° 30'S, 35° 40'E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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