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| Basic information | Name: Yarovoye This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Russia Mass:  10.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Mar 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Altayskiy kray, Russia This is 1 of 153 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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