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Yamato 981697
Basic information Name: Yamato 981697
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981697
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 16.8 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 19  (2010)  LL3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 20 Jun 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 772:
Mass (g):16.77
Class:LL3
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):25.7 (14.2-31.1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1 (8.9-29.6)
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 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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