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Yamato 982016
Basic information Name: Yamato 982016
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-982016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 4.52 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 20  (2011)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 26 May 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1998
Mass (g):4.52
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):24.3 (22.7-26.1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5 (11.7-31.6)
Classifier:H. Kojima and N. Imae
Type spec mass (g):4.52
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Several chondrules embedded in opaque phase
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 ,20,1-19 (2011-03)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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