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Grove Mountains 020175

Basic information

Name: Grove Mountains 020175
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 020175
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass: 1.54 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 93	(2008)	Mesosiderite
Recommended:			Mesosiderite [explanation]

This is 1 of 244 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 5 Mar 2008
Revised 4 Aug 2008: final writeup

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 93:

Grove Mountains 020175 72°58'45''S, 75°15'42''E

Grove Mountains, Antarctica

Find: 7 January 2003

Mesosiderite

History and Physical characteristics: J. Li recovered this stone on blue ice in Grove Mountains, Antarctica. It weighs 1.54 g and has an irregular shape. No fusion crust remains.

Petrography: (L. Wang, A. Zhang, PMO; H. Wang, J. Cao, NU) The stone contains 42.4 vol% metallic Fe-Ni and troilite. The silicate part consists mainly of low-Ca and high-Ca pyroxene (47 vol%), plagioclase (10.1 vol%) and silica (0.5 vol%), with minor olivine. Both low-Ca and high-Ca pyroxene grains show exsolution lamellae. Some low-Ca pyroxene grains exhibit chemical zoning.

Mineral compositions and Geochemistry: (L. Wang, A. Zhang, PMO; H. Wang, J. Cao, NU) Olivine (Fa_45.7-46.7, average = Fa_46.3±0.6), pyroxene (Fs_12.5-57.0, average = Fs_34.9±8.4; Wo_1.5-43.8, average = Wo_8.0±13.5), plagioclase (An_85.7-96.6, average = An_91.2±2.7; Ab_3.4-12.1, average = Ab_8.4±2.6).

Classification: Mesosiderite.

Type specimens: PRIC holds the main mass and a polished section.

Data from:
  MB93
  Table 6
  Line 146:

Date:	7-Jan-2003
Latitude:	72°58'45"S
Longitude:	75°15'42"E
Mass (g):	1.54
Pieces:	1
Class:	Mesosiderite
Fayalite (mol%):	45.7-46.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.5-57.0
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5-43.8
Classifier:	PMO
Main mass:	PRIC

Institutions
and collections

PRIC: Polar Research Institute of China, 451 Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 200129, China; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Apr 2013)
PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011)
NU: School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, #163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China, China (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(72° 58' 45"S, 75° 15' 42"E)

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

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