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Grove Mountains 021769
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 021769
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 021769
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.66 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 183 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Comments: Approved 7 Oct 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 6
  Line 159:
Date:1/20/2003
Latitude:72°47'04"S
Longitude:75°18'34"E
Mass (g):0.66
Pieces:1
Class:CR2
Fayalite (mol%):2.1 (0.9–4.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):3.6 (1.6–5.0)
Wollastonite (mol%):1 (0–5.1)
Classifier:PMO
Type spec location: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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (72° 47' 4"S, 75° 18' 34"E)

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     This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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