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Grosvenor Mountains 95577 is a meteorite recovered from the blue-ice area of Antarctica's Grosvenor Mountains in 1995. It is classified as a hydrated CR1 carbonaceous chondrite, a primitive meteorite type containing carbon-bearing material and minerals altered by water-related processes on its parent body. The specimen was collected during systematic United States Antarctic meteorite-search fieldwork and is used in research on early solar-system materials.
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Where was Grosvenor Mountains 95577 found?
Grosvenor Mountains 95577 was recovered from the blue-ice area of Antarctica's Grosvenor Mountains. It was collected in 1995.
What classification does Grosvenor Mountains 95577 have?
It is classified as a hydrated CR1 carbonaceous chondrite. The CR1 designation indicates a primitive carbon-rich meteorite with substantial alteration involving water.
What does hydrated mean in the classification of this meteorite?
Hydrated means that water-related alteration affected minerals in the meteorite. It does not mean the meteorite is made of liquid water, but that its minerals record interaction with water.
What makes a CR1 carbonaceous chondrite primitive?
Primitive carbonaceous chondrites preserve carbon-bearing material and minerals that formed early in Solar System history. Grosvenor Mountains 95577 also contains evidence of water-related alteration.
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