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Meteorite Newsletter, Vol. 21
This newsletter reports 1,034 meteorite names from Yamato bare ice fields collected in the 1998 field season. They are samples from over tens of asteroids which are remnant of planetsimal existed ~4.56 Ga ago. These meteorites include LL chondrites which may be originated from Itokawa, as well as, HED meteorites derived from Asteroid 4 Vesta. We welcome requests for samples from research scientists from all over the world.
Photomicrograph of the Yamato 984112 polymict eucrite. This meteorite may have been derived from the outer crust of asteroid 4 Vesta.
Photomicrograph of the Yamato 983890 polymict ureilite. This meteorite seem to have been regolith of a planetesimal.
Photomicrograph of the Yamato 983890 polymict ureilite. This meteorite seem to have been regolith of a planetesimal.
