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Yamato 981710
Basic information Name: Yamato 981710
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981710
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 108.4 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 20  (2011)  Diogenite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 26 May 2011
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Writeup from MN J20:
Y981710
Diogenite (Brecciated)

The section is a breccia composed of fragments of orthopyroxene (up to 3.5 mm) and minor plagioclase, oxide minerals, troilite, Fe-metal. There are several lithic clasts composed of fine-grained troilite and silicate minerals. Compositions of low-Ca pyroxene are Fs23.0-31.5, and wt. FeO/MnO = ~30. Plagioclase compositions are An82.9-92.8.

Writeup from MN J21:

Yamato 981710

Geochemistry: Oxygen isotope composition (R. Clayton and T. Mayeda, UChi): δ18O = 3.49, δ17O = 1.38, Δ17O = -0.43

Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
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Date:1998
Mass (g):108.41
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Ferrosilite (mol%):29.8 (23.0-31.5)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi
Type spec mass (g):108.41
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Plots: O isotopes:  
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 ,20,1-19 (2011-03)
Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites /Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,21,1-33 (2012-06)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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