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Basic information | Name: Grove Mountains 13051 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: GRV 13051 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)] Mass: 3.47 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Oct 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Grove Mountains 13051 (GRV 13051) 72°59’41"S, 75°14’41"E Antarctica Found: 5 Feb 2014 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) History: One of 583 meteorites collected by CHINARE during the 2013/2014 field season. Physical characteristics: (Z. Xia, B. Miao, H.chen, L. Huang, GUT): This carbonaceous chondrite has no fusion crust and a total mass 3.47 g. The sample is a dark gray-black to black, and has fine-grained matrix with abundant chondrules. Dimensions: 26.9 × 14.3 × 11.8 mm. Petrography: (L. Huang, B. Miao, Z. Xia,H. Chen, L. Xie, GUT): The meteorite has small chondrules (~50-300 μm, ~30 vol%), a few refractory inclusions (~0.3 mm), abundant fine-grained matrix (~70 vol%), and hydrated minerals. Many of the chondrules have igneous rims. It has abundant hydrated minerals such as serpentine; the other major minerals include pyroxene, with a small amount of Ni-rich troilite and chromite. Geochemistry: (H. Chen, B. Miao, Z. Xia, L. Xie, GUT): Olivine Fa11-61.4, median Fa21.9. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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