China has found their first meteorite in Antarctica!

GLOVE MOUNTAIN, Antarctica, Dec 31 (Bernama) — China’s 26th Antarctic expedition team discovered its first meteorite at Antarctica’s Glove Mountain Wednesday afternoon, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

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.

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