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Yamato 981625
Basic information Name: Yamato 981625
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981625
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 8.7 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 19  (2010)  Eucrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 513 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 20 Jun 2010
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Writeup from MN J19:

Yamato 981625 (Y 981625)

Antarctica

Found: 1998

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

Petrography: The section consists of coarse pyroxene grains (~5 mm) and finer plagioclase granules (~0.5 mm). Some plagioclase granules form a cluster (~3 mm).

Geochemistry: Compositions of low-Ca pyroxenes are Fs47-49Wo1-4; plagioclase, An87-93.

Classification: This meteorite is a eucrite.

Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 748:
Mass (g):8.67
Class:Eucrite
Weathering grade:
Fayalite (mol%):
Ferrosilite (mol%):48.5 (47.1-49.3)
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 40849 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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