Yarovoye        52°55.78’N, 78°35.34’E

Altay territory, Slavgorod region, Yarov, Russia

Found: May 1991

Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB)

History: The meteorite was found in May 1991 during the plowing of virgin soil land on the outskirts of Yarovoye town. Maximum depth of plowing was 40 cm.

Physical characteristics: Meteorite consists of single mass of 10.7 kg. The meteorite has a crescent shape and regmaglypted surface with reddish-brown color. Fusion crust is absent.

Petrography: (C. A. Lorenz, Vernad) the meteorite consists of metal FeNi (taenite and kamacite) with accessory schreibersite. The Widmanstaetten pattern is mostly uniform with kamacite bandwidth 0.2 - 1 mm (fine octahedrite).

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Bulk composition (ICP, O.A. Tjutjunnyk and S.H. Nabiullina, Vernad) Ni = 9.45, Co = 5200, Ir = 0.7, Au = 1.68, Pt = 5.9, Pd = 4.5, As = 22.5, Cu = 170, Ga = 18.3 (Ni in wt%, others in ppm)

Classification: Iron, IIIAB.

Specimens: One sample of 2141.6 g, 9 cut fragments of 9.92 g in total, and polished section are on deposit at Vernad. An anonymous person holds the main mass of the meteorite.