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Grosvenor Mountains 95645
Basic information Name: Grosvenor Mountains 95645
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRO 95645
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 2.42 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 21(1)  (1998)  C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  C2
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  C2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  C2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(1)  (2010)  CM1
Recommended:  CM1    [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CM1.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 1), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 21(1):

Sample No.:

GRO95645

Location:

Grosvenor Mountains

Dimensions (cm):

1.0x1.0x1.5

Weight (g):

2.42

Meteorite Type:

C2 Chondrite


Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
This carbonaceous chondrite has gray-black, fractured fusion crust. The fusion crust has a slight greenish cast under fluorescent lighting. Some areas are weathered and rusty. The interior reveals a black, fine-grained matrix with very little rust, but weathered evaporites.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows a close-packed aggregate of small chondrules (up to 0.2 mm across), chondrule fragments, and mineral grains with interstitial black matrix. The chondrules and mineral grains are made up of a fine-grained weakly birefringent material; microprobe analyses indicate that this material is probably an iron-rich serpentine. The meteorite is tentatively identified as a C2 chondrite.

GRO95645 - Cross-Polarized Light GRO95645 - Plane-Polarized Light
Cross-Polarized Light Plane-Polarized Light
Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 277:
Origin or pseudonym:Outer Cecily
Mass (g):2.4
Class:C2
Weathering grade:B/Ce
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(1) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source A photo is in the write-up above
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
courtesy Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA      
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (85° 40'S, 175° 0'E)
     Recommended::   (85° 40'S, 175° 0'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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