Yamato-74063: Chondritic meteorite classified between E and H chondrite groups

• Main Authors: Keizo Yanai, Hideyasu Kojima
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=4540; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00004540/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=4540&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Yamato-74063 (Y-74063) was found in Antarctica by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in November 1974. Y-74063 is an almost complete, smoothly rounded stone weighing 35.4g covered with brownish-black fusion crust. The thin section shows that this meteorite has generally poorly traced chondri...