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Yamato 981287
Basic information Name: Yamato 981287
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981287
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 12.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  CO3
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 27  (2020)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 26 Mar 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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Date:1998
Mass (g):12.731
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):2.5 (0.4-25.2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.5 (1.2-8.0)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, M. Kimura, and N. Imae, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):12.731
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
Institutions
   and collections		 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: Japanese/Belgian collection of Antarctic meteorites, 27, 1-19 (2020 March)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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