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Grove Mountains 020028
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020028
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020028
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 10.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 396 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 Mar 2008
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 6
  Line 22:
Date:31-Dec-2002
Latitude:73°04'23"S
Longitude:75°16'08"E
Mass (g):10.1
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):28.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:IGCAS
Main mass:PRIC
Institutions
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PRIC: Polar Research Institute of China, 451 Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 200129, China; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Apr 2013)
IGCAS: Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China (institutional address; updated 27 Mar 2018)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (73° 4' 23"S, 75° 16' 8"E)

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