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Grove Mountains 021992
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 021992
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 021992
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 1.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
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Grove Mountains 021992 (GRV 021992)        72° 46' 31"S,  75° 20' 48"E

Antarctica

Found: 20 January 2003

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Y. Ju recovered this stone on a moraine in Grove Mountains, Antarctica. It weighs 1.1 g and has an irregular shape. Part of a black fusion crust remains.

Petrography: (A. Zhang, PMO) The meteorite contains ~40 vol% chondrules. Some chondrules are large (up to ~2 mm). Porphyritic olivine chondrules are dominant. Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions commonly have melilite-dominanted mineral assemblages. Matrix is very fine-grained and mainly composed of fayalitic olivine. Metallic Fe-Ni and sulfides are relatively rare and most of them were weathered. Some olivine fragments show chemical zoning.

Geochemistry: (A. Zhang, PMO) Olivine (Fa2.1-55.7, average=Fa13.6±14.6), and low-Ca pyroxene (Fs1.1-3.2, average=Fs1.7±0.7; Wo0.4-7.7, average=Wo1.50±2.1).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Specimens: All of the sample mass and a polished thin section are on deposit at PRIC.

Data from:
  MB95
  Table 5
  Line 164:
Date:1/20/2003
Latitude:72°46'31"S
Longitude:75°20'48"E
Mass (g):1.1
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):2.1-55.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1 -3.2
Wollastonite (mol%):0.4-7.7
Classifier:PMO
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)
PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 46' 31"S, 75° 20' 48"E)

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