| Description | Bulk chemical components of the meteorite found around the Yamato Mountains, Antarctica in the 1979-1980 season (Y-790964). The class of the meteorite is 'LL melt breccia'. Chondritic breccia was observed by optical microscopy in this study. |
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| Keyword |
Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Meteorites Continent > Antarctica JARE |
| Owner and PIC | National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) Akira Yamaguchi |
| Terms of Use | Please contact the Antarctic Meteorite Research Center at NIPR (http://yamato.nipr.ac.jp/) for inquiries regarding this meteorite. |
| References | Kimura et al. (2018) Bulk chemical compositions of Antarctic meteorites in the NIPR collection. Polar Science 15, 24-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2017.12.001 |
| Acquisition Date | From: 1979-08-01T00:00:00 To: 1980-07-31T00:00:00 |
| Acquisition Site |
Northernmost-Latitude: -71.17 Southernmost-Latitude: -71.70 Easternmost-Longitude: 36.53 Westernmost-Longitude: 34.75 |
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