Yamato-791197: A lunar meteorite in the Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites

• Main Authors: Yanai, Keizo, Kojima, Hideyasu
• Language: English
• Published: 1984
• Subjects: Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/1716/files/KJ00000012348.pdf; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/1716

P(論文) Antarctic meteorite Yamato-791197 has been identified and classified as an anorthositic regolith breccia; one of the rare meteorites that originated on the moon surface. The meteorite is remarkably similar to lunar highland regolith breccias in texture, mineralogy and chemical composition, but...