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Yamato 983237
Basic information Name: Yamato 983237
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-983237
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 6.2 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 22  (2013)  Acapulcoite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Acapulcoite
Recommended:  Acapulcoite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 12 Dec 2013
Data from:
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Date:1998
Mass (g):6.193
Pieces:1
Class:Acapulcoite
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):6.7 (5.7-8.5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):7.6 (5.9-11.5)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, S. Ozawa , and H. Kojima, NIPR; M. Kimura, Ibaraki
Type spec mass (g):6.193
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Shock vein, maskelynite; 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)
Ibaraki: Department of Materials and Biological Sciences, Institute of Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito 310-8512, Japan (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites /Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,22,1-32 (2013-11)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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