Petrological Studies of Yamato-74 Meteorites (2)

• Main Authors: Makoto Kimura, Kenzo Yagi, Yoshio Oba
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University 1978
• Subjects: Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=885; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00000885/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=885&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Six Yamato meteorites collected in 1974 in Antarctica are petrographically investigated. All of them are ordinary chondrites, recrystallized and shocked to various extent. From the texture and the chemical composition of olivine and orthopyroxene, Yamato-74079,-74155,-74190,-74371,-74418 and -74647...