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Grove Mountains 024245
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 024245
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 024245
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 5
  Line 397:
Date:2/1/2003
Latitude:72°58'57"S
Longitude:75°15'00"E
Mass (g):0.7
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):27.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:PMO
Type spec location:PRIC
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. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 58' 57"S, 75° 15' 0"E)

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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