The meteorite was found on deck of the ship "M.S. Century Highway No.1", which was loading cars in the T-3 berth on Toyota-pier at Toyohashi harbour (Tahara district). When the crew came back from lunch after 12:00, they found meteorite fragments spread out from two impact dents in the steel deck, the larger measuring 20 x 6.5 cm and 3 cm depth, the smaller 17 cm away from it.

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ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

3 valid minerals.

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ⓘ 'H4/5 chondrite meteorite'

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ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

References:

Miura, Yasunori, Haramura, Hiroshi, Yanai, Keizo, Okamoto, Makoto, Iancu, OG (1994) Bulk composition and classification of the Tahara meteorite which fell in Central Japan in March 1991. Eighteenth Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium, No. 7, held May 31-June 2, 1993, at the National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo. Editor in Chief, Keizo Yanai, with Hirokazu Fujimaki, Hideyasu Kojima, Masamichi Miyamoto, Nobuo Takaoka, and Yoshio Yoshida. Published by the National Institute of Polar Research, 1994, p. 284, 7. 284pp.

ⓘ Native Iron

Formula: Fe

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ⓘ 'Olivine Group'

Formula: M₂SiO₄

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ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈

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ⓘ Troilite

Formula: FeS

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ⓘ Yagiite

Formula: Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]

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Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Iron	1.AE.05	Fe
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Troilite	2.CC.10	FeS
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Yagiite	9.CM.05	Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'	-
ⓘ	'Plagioclase'	-	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
ⓘ	'Olivine Group'	-	M₂SiO₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Yagiite	Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]
O	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
O	ⓘ Olivine Group	M₂SiO₄
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Yagiite	Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]
Na	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Yagiite	Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Yagiite	Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]
Al	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Yagiite	Na◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]
Si	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Si	ⓘ Olivine Group	M₂SiO₄
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Troilite	FeS
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Native Iron	Fe
Fe	ⓘ Troilite	FeS

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