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Yamato 982240
Basic information Name: Yamato 982240
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-982240
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 11.6 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 20  (2011)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 840 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 May 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1998
Mass (g):11.58
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):20.5 (0.9-42.0)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5 (6.3-36.8)
Classifier:H. Kojima and N. Imae
Type spec mass (g):11.58
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
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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.

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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