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Yamato 980840
Basic information Name: Yamato 980840
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-980840
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 8.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2021
Data from:
  MB110
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Date:1998
Mass (g):8.139
Pieces:1
Class:CM2
Fayalite (mol%):11.6 (0.3-44.6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.7 (2.3-3.4)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, NIPR. et al.
Type spec mass (g):8.139
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
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NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter: Vol 28, 1-25 (2021 October)
Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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