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Grove Mountains 020078
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020078
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020078
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 20 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 4
  Line 12:
Date:3 Jan 2003
Latitude:73°00'50"S
Longitude:75°16'15"E
Mass (g):20
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.5±0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4±0.3
Classifier:B. Miao, Y. Lin, R. Lu and D. Wang, CAS
Institutions
   and collections		 CAS: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (73° 0' 50"S, 75° 16' 15"E)

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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