[meteorite-list] China's Antarctic expedition team finds first meteorite at Glove Mountain
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[meteorite-list] China's Antarctic Expedition Team Finds First Meteorite at Glove Mountain
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/31/content_12733922.htm China's Antarctic expedition team finds first meteorite at Glove Mountain www.chinaview.cn GLOVE MOUNTAIN, Antarctica, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's 26th Antarctic expedition team discovered its first meteorite at Antarctica's Glove Mountain Wednesday afternoon. The team found the meteorite at the southern foot of Glove Mountain's peak, said Dr. Hu Sen, a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is highly probable (that it is) a Chondrite judging from the failure surface, said Hu, adding that the meteorite weighed 221.5 grams. Efflorescence makes it hard for meteorites to stay in densely populated areas, Hu explained, but they could last for millions of years in Antarctica's dry, cold weather. Many of such meteorites were stopped by the mountains as they were carried along by running glaciers, he said. Therefore, a lot of meteorites could be found around the Antarctic mountain areas. The Glove Mountain area, 400 km from China's Zhongshan Station, has proved to be one of the world's richest meteorite reserves. China has so far discovered 9,834 meteorites, including two Martian and several other special types of meteorites -- the third largest meteorite collection after Japan and the United States. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] China's Antarctic Expedition Team Finds First Meteorite at Glove Mountain
That's GROVE Mountains. Looks like a transliteration problem. Jeff On 2009-12-31 6:17 PM, Ron Baalke wrote: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/31/content_12733922.htm China's Antarctic expedition team finds first meteorite at Glove Mountain www.chinaview.cn GLOVE MOUNTAIN, Antarctica, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's 26th Antarctic expedition team discovered its first meteorite at Antarctica's Glove Mountain Wednesday afternoon. The team found the meteorite at the southern foot of Glove Mountain's peak, said Dr. Hu Sen, a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is highly probable (that it is) a Chondrite judging from the failure surface, said Hu, adding that the meteorite weighed 221.5 grams. Efflorescence makes it hard for meteorites to stay in densely populated areas, Hu explained, but they could last for millions of years in Antarctica's dry, cold weather. Many of such meteorites were stopped by the mountains as they were carried along by running glaciers, he said. Therefore, a lot of meteorites could be found around the Antarctic mountain areas. The Glove Mountain area, 400 km from China's Zhongshan Station, has proved to be one of the world's richest meteorite reserves. China has so far discovered 9,834 meteorites, including two Martian and several other special types of meteorites -- the third largest meteorite collection after Japan and the United States. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
