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Grove Mountains 150257
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 150257
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 150257
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.21 g
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Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2024 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Jan 2022
Data from:
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  Table 0
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Origin or pseudonym:ice field
Date:2016 Jan 25
Latitude:72°59'6"S
Longitude:75°14'42"E
Mass (g):0.21
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.58±0.26 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.44±0.56 (n=4)
Classifier:Z. Xia,B. Miao, L. Xie, G. Chen, X. Jia, X. Guo, X. Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):0.21
Type spec location:PRIC
Main mass:PRIC
Finder:CHINARE
Comments:FAM 089 (Appears in Chinese literature); 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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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 6"S, 75° 14' 42"E)

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     This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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