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

• Main Authors: Keizo Yanai, Hideyasu Kojima
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1984
• Subjects: Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1716; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001716/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1716&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

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 diffe...