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Grove Mountains 020137
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020137
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020137
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 8.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 811 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 5 Mar 2008
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 6
  Line 114:
Date:6-Jan-2003
Latitude:72°58'50"S
Longitude:75°15'30"E
Mass (g):8.75
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):1.3-48.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):3.5-41.2
Wollastonite (mol%):0.3-6.0
Classifier:PMO
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)
PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 58' 50"S, 75° 15' 30"E)

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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