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Yamato 791424 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Yamato 791424 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Y-791424 Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass: 10.9 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MN J7(1):
Y791424, 51-1: Howardite Fragments of Mg-rich pyroxene, calcic plagioclase and rare olivine are set in a much comminuted matrix. Notable minerals are large rectangular chromite, shocked diogenitic pyroxene, and partly inverted pyroxene with thick exsolution lamellae. One clast with brownish matrix shows a breccia in a breccia texture. Howardite similar to Y-791208. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteorites news : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites / Meteorites news : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,7(1),1-94 (1998-06) Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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