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Grove Mountains 090991
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 090991
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 090991
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 3.32 g
Classification
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Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 682 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 8 Jan 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Grove Mountains 090991 (GRV 090991)        72°59’25.1"S, 75°15’11.5"E

Antarctica

Find: 2010 Jan 31

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

Petrography: The sample has well-developed chondrules visible to the naked eye, ranging from about 2 to 0.1 mm in diameter, mainly including porphyritic chondrules, radial pyroxene chondrules, and cryptocrystalline chondrules, as well as a few radial olivine chondrules. Shock veins are present.

Specimens: The main mass and one thin section are on deposit at PRIC.

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:ice field
Date:2010 Jan 31
Latitude:72°59'25.1"S
Longitude:75°15'11.5"E
Mass (g):3.32
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.26±2.74 (n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.83±4.86 (n=15)
Classifier:Z. Xia,B. Miao, L. Xie, G. Chen, X. Jia, X. Guo, X. Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):3.32
Type spec location:PRIC
Main mass:PRIC
Finder:CHINARE
Comments:Submitted by Bingkui Miao
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. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 25"S, 75° 15' 11"E)

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     This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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