CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 03011
Abbreviation FRO 03011
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 19
Latitude 72° 57' 6'' S
Longitude 160° 30' 51'' E
Findsite remarks firn-ice edge, east of campsite
Field description irregularly rounded, weathered stony fragment, 1.5 cm in diameter
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 28/12/2003
Finder FOLCO L.
Original Mass (g) 8.64
Mass at MNA (g) 7.42
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group LL 3
Shock stage S2
Weathering grade W1
Fa (Ol) 4.2-23.8
Fs (low Ca Px) 10.1-33.1
Classified by M. Macrì, A. Maras and M. Serracino (UniRoma)
Comments
Other data
References
  1. Folco L. and Zeoli A. (2005) The meteorite collection of the Italian Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide “Felice Ippolito” (December 2005 update). Terra Antartica 12(1), 35-39.
    http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_12/TA_12_035_Folco.pdf
  2. Folco L., Rochette P., Gattacceca J. and Perchiazzi N. (2006) In situ identification, pairing, and classification of meteorites from Antarctica through magnetic susceptibility measurements. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41(3), 343-353.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00467.x
  3. Musolino A. and Folco L. (2021) Atlas of meteorites in thin sections. Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, 144 pp.
    https://repositories.dst.unipi.it/documenti/Atlas_of_Meteorites_2021.06.23.pdf
  4. Russell S.S., Zolensky M.E., Righter K., Folco L., Jones R., Connolly H.C., Grady M.M. and Grossman J.N. (2005) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No.89, 2005 September. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 40(S9), A201-A263.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00425.x
PROJECT
Title Meteoriti antartiche
Acr
Code PNRA 2002/5.4
PI Marcello Mellini

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