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| Basic information | Name: Grove Mountains 090333 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: GRV 090333 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)] Mass:  38 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sLM. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: |
Approved 19 Oct 2017 Revised 5 Nov 2017: Corrected chem data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Grove Mountains 090333 (GRV 090333) 72°49’31.1"S, 75°21’19.6"E Antarctica Find: 15 Jan 2010 Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-sLM) History: During 2009/2010 field season, 1618 meteorite samples have been collected by CHINARE in Grove Mountains, East Antarctica. Physical characteristics: This iron meteorite is covered with dark gray to black fusion crust, with total mass 38.02 g. The whole iron meteorite is nearly an ovoid. Some brown to dark-red traces appear in the cut face. Silicate inclusions cannot be observed by naked eye. Dimensions:2.8 × 1.2 × 2.1 mm. Petrography: In polished section, there are some dark, long bars of kamacite that are mixed with taenite and cracked minerals. Some small, dark minerals also can be seen in the matrix. A Widmanstaetten patter is visible. Geochemistry: The concentrations of trace elements show the iron meteorite belongs to the IAB chemical group: Co = 0.51%; Ni = 13.45%; Ga = 33.7 ppm; As = 17.7 ppm; Ge = 78.4 ppm; Ir = 0.83 ppm. Classification: IAB iron meteorite Specimens: The main mass and one section are on deposited at PRIC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 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) GIGCAS: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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