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| Basic information | Name: Yamato 982169 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Y-982169 Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass:  12.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 629 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MN J20:
Y982169
Ureilite The section shows an aggregate of pyroxenes (low-Ca pyroxene and minor augite) and olivine. Most part of the thin section is ~0.3-0.8 mm, but in some places there are coarse grains up to 3 mm. Thin dark materials occur interstitially. Elongated to irregular graphite occur sparsely. Compositions of pyroxenes are Wo4.5-4.9Fs9.8-13.6 and Wo37.1-38.4Fs6.5-7.0, and those of olivine are Fa11.6-13.9. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||