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Grove Mountains 020783
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 020783
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020783
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.26 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [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:11 Jan 2003
Latitude:72°59'02"S
Longitude:75°15'00"E
Mass (g):0.26
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.78±0.27 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.38±0.47 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.23 (n=4)
Classifier:B. Miao, Z. Xia, L. Xie, C.Zhang, G Chen, X Jia?X Guo, X Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):0.26
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
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     Recommended::   (72° 59' 2"S, 75° 15' 0"E)

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