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Grosvenor Mountains 06068
Basic information Name: Grosvenor Mountains 06068
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRO 06068
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 174.3 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 31(1)  (2008)  H3
Recommended:  H3.6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites classified as H3.6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 17 Feb 2008
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Writeup from AMN 31(1):
Sample No.: GRO 06068
Location: Grosvenor Mountains
Field No.: 19047
Dimensions (cm):   5.5 x 5.0 x 3.0
Weight (g): 174.314
Meteorite Type:

H3 Chondrite

Pairing:


Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Brown/black slightly rough fusion crust covers 90% of this ordinary chondrite’s exterior. The interior is a dark gray matrix with rust and high metal content. Some light chondrules are visible.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach and Cari Corrigan
The section exhibits numerous closely-packed, well-defined, small (up to 1 mm) chondrules in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Modest shock effects and weathering are present. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa9-30 and pyroxenes from Fs3-23. The meteorite is an H3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6).


Thin Section Images

Plane-Polarized
Light GRO 06068		 Cross-Polarized
Light GRO 06068
GRO 06068 - Plane-Polarized
GRO 06068 - Cross-Polarized



Lab Images

North View
GRO 06068
GRO 06068 - North View

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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 31(1) (2008), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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