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Asuka 10222
Basic information Name: Asuka 10222
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A 10222
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by NIPR (Japan)] and RBINS (Belgium)
Mass:help 5.5 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 23  (2014)  CK4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  CK4
Recommended:  CK4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 126 approved meteorites classified as CK4.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 5 Jun 2014
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Writeup from MN J23:
A 10222
The PTS contains sparse chondrules (range from 0.2-3 mm in diameter). Irregular-shaped (~10-200 μm) opaque minerals (magnetite, sulfides) are scattered both in chondrules and matrix. Olivine compositions are Fa29.1-32.4. This meteorite is a CK chondrite (type 4).
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
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Date:2010
Mass (g):5.531
Pieces:1
Class:CK4
Fayalite (mol%):30.5 (29.1-32.4)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi and H. Kojima, NIPR; L. Pittarello, RBINS; M. Kimura, Ibaraki
Type spec mass (g):5.531
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments: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)
RBINS: Marleen De Ceukelaire Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29 - 1000 Brussels, Belgium (institutional address; updated 15 Jul 2015)
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites /Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,23,1-16 (2014-06)
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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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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