Petrology and mineralogy of the Y-793605 martian meteorite

• Main Author: Yukio Ikeda
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Earth Sciences, Ibaraki University 1997
• Subjects: The ''Y''; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=5886; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00005886/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=5886&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Yamato-793605 is a lherzolitic shergottite and very similar in texture and mineralogy to other two lherzolitic shergottites, ALHA77005 and LEW88516,but is not a pair with the latter two. It consists mainly of olivine, pyroxene, maskelynite, chromite, ilmenite, and pyrrhotite. Small silicate inclusio...