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Grove Mountains 090638
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 090638
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 090638
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.35 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 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 3 Jun 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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Origin or pseudonym:ice field
Date:2010 Jan 23
Latitude:72°46'42"S
Longitude:75°19'10.9"E
Mass (g):0.35
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.93±0.61 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.27±0.29 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.97±0.16 (n=5)
Classifier:B. Miao, Z. Xia, L. Xie, C.Zhang, H. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Hu, K. Zhao, Z. Ban, J. Tong, Y. Zhong, GUT
Type spec mass (g):0.35
Type spec location:PRIC
Main mass:PRIC
Finder:CHINARE
Comments:Submitted by Bingkui Miao
Institutions
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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     Recommended::   (72° 46' 42"S, 75° 19' 11"E)

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