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| Basic information | Name: Grove Mountains 130487 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: GRV 130487 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)] Mass:  1.55 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 810 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 8 Jan 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Grove Mountains 130487 (GRV 130487) 72°47’2"S, 75°17’45"E Antarctica Find: 2014 Jan 24 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture. The amount of chondrules and their fragments is up to about 75 vol.%. Their sizes vary from 0.1 mm to 2 mm and they are well delineated. They have barred olivine, porphyritic and radial olivine textures. All petrographic features indicate a petrological type of 3. Combined with the Fa value and the amout of metal/sulfide indicate that this meteorite belongs to L group. 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: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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