A review of the Yamato-74 meteorite collection
Examination of the specimens and petrological investigation of thin sections of many of them, and review of the literature, has enabled the classification of 543 out of a total of 663 meteorites in the 1974 Yamato collection, including all those weighing more than 100g. The classified meteorites inc...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution
1983
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| Summary: | Examination of the specimens and petrological investigation of thin sections of many of them, and review of the literature, has enabled the classification of 543 out of a total of 663 meteorites in the 1974 Yamato collection, including all those weighing more than 100g. The classified meteorites include 1 pallasite, 3 ureilites, 22 diogenites (all paired), 3 eucrites, 3 C2 chondrites, 1 E3-4 chondrite, 10 H3 chondrites, 4 L3 chondrites, 1 LL3 chondrite, 32 H4 chondrites, 3 L4 chondrites, 2 LL4 chondrites, 212 H5 chondrites (of which 149 are probably pieces of a single meteorite), 5 L5 chondrites, 193 H6 chondrites (of which 143 are probably pieces of a single meteorite), 42 L6 chondrites, 5 LL6 chondrites and 1 H4 or L4 chondrite. There are 120 unclassified specimens in the Yamato-74 meteorite collection. |
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