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Grove Mountains 021579
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 021579
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 021579
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 6.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  CO3 or CO4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
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Writeup from MB 89:

Grove Mountains 021579

Antarctica

Found 2003

Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

The fragment weighs 6.57 g, with a few of fusion crust remains. Classification and Mineralogy (CAS): Chondrules are small and have a bimodal size distribution, with one peak at 30-100 μm and the other at 350-600 μm in diameter. Modal abundance ratio of chondrule to opaque matrix is 1.2. Fe-Ni metal and sulfide are rare. Ca-Al-rich inclusions were found, and they are strongly altered. Silicates are highly heterogeneous: olivine, Fa18.8±20; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs7.0±12. Shock stage, S1; weathering grade, W1.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 4
  Line 39:
Date:14 Jan 2003
Latitude:72°57'55"S
Longitude:75°12'55"E
Mass (g):6.6
Class:CO4
Classifier:B. Miao, Y. Lin, R. Lu and D. Wang, CAS
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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::   (72° 57' 55"S, 75° 12' 55"E)

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