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Yamato 002951
Basic information Name: Yamato 002951
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-002951
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 1.57 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H5-melt breccia
Recommended:  H5-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as H5-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2021
Data from:
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Date:2000
Mass (g):1.568
Pieces:1
Class:H5-melt breccia
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):16.9 (15.6-18.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.8 (14.2-15.7)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, NIPR. et al.
Type spec mass (g):1.568
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Melt 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)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter: Vol 28, 1-25 (2021 October)
Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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