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Eight small photomicrographs of Yafa provide an indication of the silicate and metal textures in this interesting chondrite. They are variously taken in plane-polarized or cross-polarized light (PPL / XP), transmitted or reflected-light illumination (TL / RL).
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The Yafa (H5) meteorite fell in Abyan, Yemen, on the 15th July, 2000.
A total mass of 5.7 kg was recovered.

13° 42' 40"N, 45° 10' 12"E

A main mass of ~5 kg and a second mass of ~700 g are known. Many witnesses reported a fireball over a wide area from Ma'raban to Aden (some 95 km to the south-southwest) to Ad Dhala (70 km west-southwest of Ma'raban) and many in the region reported associated sound effects. The larger stone was collected on the day of the fall, probably within 23 h of the event. The smaller stone was collected the following day.
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