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Grove Mountains 051523
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 051523
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 051523
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 276 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 4 Mar 2008
Revised 4 Aug 2008: final writeup; 2008-07-05 Had been incorrectly listed as a ureilite
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Writeup from MB 93:

Grove Mountains 051523                             72°56'6.2''S, 75°18'51''E

Grove Mountains, Antarctica

Find: 11 January 2006

Achondrite (eucrite)

History and Physical characteristics: The meteorite was found in a small moraine west to the middle segment of the Gale Escarpment in Grove Mountains by Y. Lin. It has a peanut-like shape most covered by glazy fusion crust. White clasts of plagioclase can be seen under the crust and areas without the crust. The meteorite weighs 0.8 g.

Petrography: (Y. Lin, S. Hu, T. Liu and L. Feng, IGGCAS) It consists mainly of coarse-grained pyroxenes and plagioclase. Pyroxenes show exsolution of augite lamellae in pigeonite or vice-versa. The meteorite is heavily shocked and brecciated. Tiny inclusions of chromite in pyroxene are common. Among large fragments of silicates, there is regolith-like matrix. Sulfides occur mainly along cracks and/or boundaries of pyroxenes.

Mineral compositions and Geochemistry: (Y. Lin, T. Liu, S. Hu, and L. Feng, IGGCAS). Low Ca-pyroxene (Fs54.1-4.1; FeO/MnO = 29.4-0.7) augite (Fs22Wo44), plagioclase (An87.6-90.2Ab9.6-12.0). Olivine (Fa75; FeO/MnO = 38-41).

Classification: Achondrite (eucrite); extensively shocked, monomict breccia, minimally weathered.

Type specimens: PRIC holds the main mass and a polished section.

Data from:
  MB93
  Table 6
  Line 455:
Date:11-Jan-2006
Latitude:72°56'06"S
Longitude:75°19'10"E
Mass (g):0.8
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Classifier:IGGCAS
Main mass:PRIC
Institutions
   and collections
PRIC: Polar Research Institute of China, 451 Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 200129, China; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Apr 2013)
IGGCAS: 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. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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     Recommended::   (72° 56' 6"S, 75° 18' 51"E)

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