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Proposed Additions to the Zaisho article.

Embolden are all the proposed additions to the article, I also reworded some of the pre-existing article to fit alongside with the new additions, but tried my best not to impede too much on what was already there instead hoping to weave the new additions in an organic way. My main goal was to include more information about where Zaisho landed, its material makeup, and where it is currently located:

Zaisho is the name of a pallasite meteorite whose fall in Japan in February 1898 was recorded by observers on the ground.[1][2] Zaisho made landfall in the city of Kami, located in the prefecture of Kochi on Shikoku Island. Zaisho weighs approximately 0.33kg (12oz) and exhibits a rare composition of primarily iron rich phosphoran olivine, and pyroxene.[4][5] Zaisho also contains traces of stanfieldite, farringtonite, troilite, schreibersite, chromite, and mg-Phosphate, albeit in smaller amounts.[5] Notably, Zaisho is also one of two confirmed meteorite landings to take place on the island of Shikoku[6], and as of 2019 it remains one of only four known pallasite falls, along with Marjalahti, Mineo and Omolon.[3] Currently, access to Zaisho is not available to the public as the main mass of the meteorite is being held in a private collection.[4]

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Sources for where I received my information:

[4] Buseck, P. R., & Clark, J. (1984). Zaisho - a pallasite containing pyroxene and phosphoran olivine. Mineralogical Magazine, 48(2), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1984.048.347.06

[5] Shima, M., Okada, A., & Yabuki, H. (1980). Mineralogical and petrographical study of the Zaisho meteorite, a pallasite from Japan. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Teil A, Physik, Physikalische Chemie, Kosmophysik, 35(1), 64-68.

[6] Lunar and Interplanetary Institute . (2024). Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Zaisho. Usra.edu. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=30389

CashewsAnonymous! (talk) 18:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]