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Grove Mountains 020021
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020021
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020021
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 11.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 388 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 5 Mar 2008
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 6
  Line 16:
Date:27-Dec-2002
Latitude:73°05'11"S
Longitude:75°13'59"E
Mass (g):11.30
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:GIGCAS
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)
GIGCAS: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (73° 5' 11"S, 75° 13' 59"E)

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     This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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