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Yamato 002231
Basic information Name: Yamato 002231
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-002231
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 10.7 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 24  (2015)  L5-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 71 approved meteorites classified as L5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 2 Mar 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2000
Mass (g):10.732
Pieces:1
Class:L5-6
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):25.2 (22.7-28.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7 (15.0-22.6)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, S. Ozawa and H. Kojima, NIPR; M. Kimura, Ibaraki
Type spec mass (g):10.732
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Genomict breccia; 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,24,1-20 (2015-03)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 45500 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)

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