Yamato-793274 lunar meteorite, Queen Fabiola Mtns (Yamato Mtns), Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

9gm stone. Regolith breccia composed of both feldspathic highlands rock fragments and mafic volcanic material.

Yamato 981031, a 186gm stone from the same fall.

Ref:
*Lindstrom M. M. Et al(1991): Geochemistry of Yamato-82192, -86032 and -793274 lunar meteorites. Proc. NIPR Symp. Antarct. Meteorites 4, 12-32. Nat. Inst. Polar Res., Tokyo.
*Arai T., Ishi T., and Otsuki M. (2002) A new lunar meteorite Yamato 981031: A possible link between two lunar meteorite source craters (abstract), In Antarctic Meteorites XXVII, 4-6, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo
*http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/yamato79_98.html

Mineral List:

	'Albite-Anorthite Series'

	Barringerite

	'Glass'

3 entries listed. 1 valid mineral.

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