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Yamato 981604
Basic information Name: Yamato 981604
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981604
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 137.9 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 19  (2010)  Howardite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Approved 20 Jun 2010
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Writeup from MN J19:

Yamato 981604 (Y 981604)

Antarctica

Found: 1998

Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite)

Petrography: This section is a breccia composed of fragments of pyroxene and plagioclase, eucritic and dark melt clasts (<1.5 mm) set in a clastic matrix.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene has composition Fs23.4–60.5.

Classification: This meteorite is a howardite.

Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 737:
Mass (g):137.86
Class:Howardite
Weathering grade:
Fayalite (mol%):
Ferrosilite (mol%):
Classifier:NIPR
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
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 collection of Antarctic meteorites /Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,19, (2010-03)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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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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