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Grove Mountains 090052

Basic information

Name: Grove Mountains 090052
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 090052
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass: 71.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 4 Sep 2014

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	Ice Field
Date:	2010 Jan 8
Latitude:	72°46'46.3"S
Longitude:	75°18'59.5"E
Mass (g):	71.33
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	22.1±0.5 (n = 7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.7±1.0 (n = 10)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±0.2 (n = 10)
Classifier:	B. Miao, H. Chen, Z. Xia, C. Zhang, W. Ni, T. Zhang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):	71.33
Type spec location:	PRIC
Main mass:	PRIC
Finder:	CHINARE
Comments:	Submitted by Bingkui Miao

Institutions
and collections

PRIC: Polar Research Institute of China, 451 Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 200129, China; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Apr 2013)
GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(72° 46' 46"S, 75° 19' 0"E)

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

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