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Asuka 12016
Basic information Name: Asuka 12016
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A 12016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by NIPR (Japan)] and RBINS (Belgium)
Mass:help 276 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 27  (2020)  Iron, IIIAB
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 26 Mar 2020
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Writeup from MN J27:
A 12016

Structure Method Fe (wt%) Co (wt%) Ni (wt%) Ga (ppm) Ge (ppm) Ir (ppm) Au (ppm)
Of LA-ICPMS 92.2 0.49 7.35 19.3 38.9 2.27 0.675
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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Date:2012
Mass (g):276.1
Pieces:1
Class:Iron, IIIAB
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, M. Kimura, and N. Imae, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):276.1
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
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/Belgian collection of Antarctic meteorites, 27, 1-19 (2020 March)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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