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Grove Mountains 050006
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 050006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 050006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 2.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 824 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 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 5
  Line 404:
Date:1/1/2006
Latitude:73°6'48"S
Longitude:75°9'52"E
Mass (g):2.6
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.4 (4.4-39.9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.1 (2.0-17.9)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.5 (0.1-1.7)
Classifier:NAOC
Type spec location:PRIC
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)
NAOC: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (73° 6' 48"S, 75° 9' 52"E)

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     This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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