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Grove Mountains 13008
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 13008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 13008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 24.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 4 Sep 2014
Revised 15 Apr 2017: Corrected reversed lat/long
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Origin or pseudonym:Ice Field
Date:2014 Jan 17
Latitude:72°46'48"S
Longitude:75°19'02"E
Mass (g):24.86
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):21.1±3.98 (n=55)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.2±7.12 (n=44)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.78 (n=44)
Classifier:B. Miao, Z. Xia, H. Chen, L. Xie, T. Zhang, C. Zhang, W. Ni, L. Huang, J. Zhu, GUT
Type spec mass (g):24.86
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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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (72° 46' 48"S, 75° 19' 2"E)

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