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Yamato 983931
Basic information Name: Yamato 983931
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-983931
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 8.1 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 21  (2012)  H/L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H/L4
Recommended:  H/L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as H/L4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), H/L chondrites, H/L chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 15 Jun 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1998
Mass (g):8.123
Pieces:1
Class:H/L4
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):21.3 (12.7-29.4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.2 (4.9-28.0)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, N. Imae, M. Kimura, and H. Kojima, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):8.123
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 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.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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