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Yamato 981619
Basic information Name: Yamato 981619
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981619
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 5.4 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 19  (2010)  Lodranite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 20 Jun 2010
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Writeup from MN J19:

Yamato 981619 (Y 981619)

Antarctica

Found: 1998

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Lodranite)

Petrography: This section is composed of olivine and pyroxene with large irregular FeNi nodules with minor FeS.

Geochemistry: Olivine compositions are Fs8-10, pyroxene, En11-13Wo1-3, and plagioclase, An77-78Or3-4.

Classification: This meteorite is a lodranite.

Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 745:
Mass (g):5.39
Class:Lodranite
Weathering grade:
Fayalite (mol%):9.1 (7.6-10.4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.3 (10.7-12.8)
Classifier:NIPR
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
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)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites /Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,19, (2010-03)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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