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| Basic information | Name: Asuka 881818 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-881818 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass:  39.2 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIE. [show all] Search for other: IIE irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Asuka 881818 (A 881818) Antarctica Find: 1988 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIE) Petrography: Troilite rich Geochemistry: Fe 89.4 wt%, Co 0.498 wt%, Ni 9.82 wt%, Ga 19.7 ppm, Ge 55.5 ppm, Ir 4.19 ppm, Au 1.41 ppm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||