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Grove Mountains 023158 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Grove Mountains 023158 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: GRV 023158 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)] Mass: 1.18 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Dec 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Grove Mountains 023158 (GRV 023158) 72° 46' 26"S, 75° 20' 21"E Antarctica Found: 22 January 2003 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: B. Miao recovered this stone on a moraine in Grove Mountains, Antarctica. It weighs 1.18 g and has an irregular shape. Part of a black fusion crust remains. Petrography: (S. Song, NU) The meteorite contains ~43 vol% chondrules, ~54 vol% fine-grained matrix, and ~3 vol% refractory inclusions. Some chondrules are large (up to ~2 mm). Porphyritic olivine chondrules are dominant. Some olivine fragments show chemical zoning. Most FeNi-metal grains were severely weathered. Geochemistry: (S. Song, NU) Olivine (Fa1.2-55.3, average= Fa27.3±19.9), and low-Ca pyroxene (Fs1.0-2.8, average=Fs1.8±0.9; Wo0.8-1.4, average=Wo1.1±0.3). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Specimens: PRIC holds the main mass and a polished section. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB95 Table 5 Line 354: |
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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) NU: School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, #163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China, China (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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