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Grove Mountains 020158
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020158
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020158
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 1102 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 4
  Line 21:
Date:6 Jan 2003
Latitude:72°58'36"S
Longitude:75°16'15"E
Mass (g):1101.8
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):21.6±4.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.9±1.8
Classifier:H. Wang, Y. Liang, R. Wang, J. Ji, W. Zhang and X. Chen, NU
Institutions
   and collections		 NU: School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, #163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China, China (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015)
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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::   (72° 58' 36"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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