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Yamato 981946
Basic information Name: Yamato 981946
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981946
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 3.73 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 20  (2011)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 622 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 May 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1998
Mass (g):3.73
Pieces:1
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):7.1 (0.1-46.7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1 (0.5-2.4)
Classifier:H. Kojima and N. Imae
Type spec mass (g):3.73
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 ,20,1-19 (2011-03)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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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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