[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Yarovoye, Russian iron is official

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 23:44:44 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8ODs18e+nKfZCEy+aeOZY9VVv_TK+xF7hJwiuM96tkbA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bulletin Watchers,

There is a new approval. It is a iron meteorite recovered in Russia in 1991.

Link - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=59506

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Write-up :

Yarovoye 52?55.78'N, 78?35.34'E
Altay territory, Slavgorod region, Yarov, Russia
Found: May 1991
Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB)

History: The meteorite was found in May 1991 during the plowing of
virgin soil land on the outskirts of Yarovoye town. Maximum depth of
plowing was 40 cm.

Physical characteristics: Meteorite consists of single mass of 10.7
kg. The meteorite has a crescent shape and regmaglypted surface with
reddish-brown color. Fusion crust is absent.

Petrography: (C. A. Lorenz, Vernad) the meteorite consists of metal
FeNi (taenite and kamacite) with accessory schreibersite. The
Widmanstaetten pattern is mostly uniform with kamacite bandwidth 0.2 -
1 mm (fine octahedrite).

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Bulk composition
(ICP, O.A. Tjutjunnyk and S.H. Nabiullina, Vernad) Ni = 9.45, Co =
5200, Ir = 0.7, Au = 1.68, Pt = 5.9, Pd = 4.5, As = 22.5, Cu = 170, Ga
= 18.3 (Ni in wt%, others in ppm)

Classification: Iron, IIIAB.

Specimens: One sample of 2141.6 g, 9 cut fragments of 9.92 g in total,
and polished section are on deposit at Vernad. An anonymous person
holds the main mass of the meteorite.
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Best regards and Happy Huntings,

MikeG

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Received on Fri 14 Mar 2014 11:44:44 PM PDT