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| Basic information | Name: Asuka 882112 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-882112 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass:  4.52 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is the only approved meteorite classified as Iron, IAB-sLL-an. Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Oct 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Asuka 882112 (A 882112) Antarctica Find: 1988 Classification: Iron, IAB-sLL-an Petrography: Om Geochemistry: Fe 89.5 wt%, Co 0.48 wt%, Ni 9.59 wt%, Ga 55.1 ppm, Ge 165.6 ppm, Ir 0.676 ppm, Au 1.86 ppm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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: Vol 28, 1-25 (2021 October) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43332 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||