Abstract:

In this paper, we present some aspects of meteorites collection in the Grove Mountains, East Antarctica, by the 15th and 16th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition (CHIN-ARE) , from 1998 to 2000. A total of 32 samples were retrieved. Of the newly found meteorites, there is a martian lherzolite. The coming 19th CHINARE are expecting much more gifts from the blue ice.