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Grove Mountains 130318
Basic information Name: Grove Mountains 130318
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRV 130318
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE)]
Mass:help 0.2 g
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Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Jan 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Origin or pseudonym:ice field
Date:2014 Jan 31
Latitude:72°46'20"S
Longitude:75°19'53"E
Mass (g):0.2
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.78±0.66 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.36±0.34 (n=10)
Classifier:Z. Xia,B. Miao, L. Xie, G. Chen, X. Jia, X. Guo, X. Wang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):0.2
Type spec location:PRIC
Main mass:PRIC
Finder:CHINARE
Comments:MBK 117 (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' 20"S, 75° 19' 53"E)

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