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Yamato 981992
Basic information Name: Yamato 981992
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981992
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 1.37 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  L3
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 27  (2020)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 26 Mar 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1998
Mass (g):1.371
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):25.3 (14.6-29.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.8 (3.8-32.4)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, M. Kimura, and N. Imae, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):1.371
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.

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