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Grove Mountains 020490
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020490
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020490
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.18 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (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 19 Nov 2020
Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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Origin or pseudonym:ice field
Date:10 Jan 2003
Latitude:72°59'02"S
Longitude:75°14'47"E
Mass (g):0.18
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.12±0.48 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.46±0.28 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.76±0.24 (n=3)
Classifier:B. Miao, Z. Xia, L. Xie, C.Zhang, G Chen, X Jia?X Guo, X Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):0.18
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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 2"S, 75° 14' 47"E)

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