Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Grove Mountains 091435

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Grove Mountains 091435

Basic information

Name: Grove Mountains 091435
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 091435
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass: 0.85 g

Classification
history:

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H3 [explanation]

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Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 8 Jan 2022

Writeup

Writeup from MB 111:

Grove Mountains 091435 (GRV 091435) 72°59’1.2"S, 75°14’51.6"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 3 to 0.1 mm in diameter, mainly including porphyritic chondrules and poikilitic chondrules, as well as a few radial olivine chondrules, with impact veins. Undulatory extinction and irregular fractures in olivine reveal a shock stage of S2.

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°59'1.2"S
Longitude:	75°14'51.6"E
Mass (g):	0.85
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	20.45±24.43 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.23±19.23 (n=10)
Classifier:	Z. Xia,B. Miao, L. Xie, G. Chen, X. Jia, X. Guo, X. Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):	0.85
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' 1"S, 75° 14' 52"E)

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This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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