Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Yazd 003

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Yazd 003

Basic information

Name: Yazd 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Iran
Mass: 1800 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	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 2 Nov 2020

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Yazd
Origin or pseudonym:	desertic surface
Date:	2018
Latitude:	31.76687°N
Longitude:	55.31202°E
Mass (g):	1800
Pieces:	4
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.4±0.8 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.61
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Mohamadreza Sajadinia and Hojat Kamali
Finder:	Hojat Kamali
Comments:	work name AP17; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

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. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Iran

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(31° 46' 1"N, 55° 18' 43"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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