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Grove Mountains 150284
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 150284
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 150284
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 1.5 g
Classification
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Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8604 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [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 3
Latitude:72°46'55"S
Longitude:75°19'13"E
Mass (g):1.5
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.18±0.41 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.62±0.31 (n=4)
Classifier:Z. Xia,B. Miao, L. Xie, G. Chen, X. Jia, X. Guo, X. Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):1.5
Type spec location:PRIC
Main mass:PRIC
Finder:CHINARE
Comments:LJY 008 (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° 46' 55"S, 75° 19' 13"E)

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