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Yamato 981700
Basic information Name: Yamato 981700
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-981700
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 9.7 g
Classification
  history:
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 19  (2010)  LL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 384 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 20 Jun 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 773:
Mass (g):9.68
Class:LL4
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):25.7 (24.3-30.1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.8 (20.9-23.2)
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 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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