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Yazd 001

Basic information

Name: Yazd 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Iran
Mass: 3.1 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 7 Jul 2016

Data from:
  MB105
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State/Prov/County:	Yazd
Date:	2014 July 30
Latitude:	31°58.370'N
Longitude:	54°23.324'E
Mass (g):	3100
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.5 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.20
Classifier:	H. Pourkhorsandi and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23.00
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	With the finder
Finder:	Vahid Samiey Zarch
Comments:	Workname AS1604. Troilite and metal show a heterogenous aboundance which suggests a breccia. The polished section contains part of a macrochondrule with a size of 4 mm. Maximum chromite and plagiolcase size is 520 um and 120 um, respectively.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

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Geography:

Iran

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(31° 58' 22"N, 54° 23' 19"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Yazd, Iran
This is 1 of 390 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

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