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Yamato 983902
Basic information Name: Yamato 983902
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-983902
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 199.2 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 21  (2012)  LL melt br
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  LL-melt breccia
Recommended:  LL-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites classified as LL-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 15 Jun 2012
Data from:
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Date:1998
Mass (g):199.2
Pieces:1
Class:LL-melt breccia
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):28.2 (25.5-33.2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3 (20.9-21.8)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, N. Imae, M. Kimura, and H. Kojima, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):199.2
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:melt rock; submitted by A. Yamaguchi
Institutions
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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 ,21,1-33 (2012-06)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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