Name	Frontier Mountain 01170
Abbreviation	FRO 01170
Observed fall	No
Place of Recovery	Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country	ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition	17
Latitude	72° 57' 9'' S
Longitude	160° 31' 26'' E
Findsite remarks	firn-ice edge, blue ice east
Field description	20% crusted weathered stony fragment, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)	24/12/2001
Finder	FOLCO L.
Original Mass (g)	4.9
Mass at MNA (g)	4.8
Thin section	available
Status	OFFICIAL
Coarse Type	STONY
Type	CHONDRITE
Class/Clan	ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group	H 4-5
Shock stage	S2
Weathering grade	W2
Fa (Ol)	18
Fs (low Ca Px)	16
Classified by	A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments	Brecciated
Other data
References	Ferraris C., Folco L., Mellini M. and Zeoli A. (2003) Meteorites: 174 new finds from Frontier Mountain and other blue ice fields in the Rennick Glacier and David Glacier regions (Antarctica, 2001-2002). Terra Antartica Reports 8, 185-188. Folco L. and Rastelli N. (2002) The meteorite collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena. December 2002 update. Terra Antartica 9(2), 101-117. http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_09/TA_09_101_Folco.pdf Russell S.S., Zipfel J., Grossman J.N. and Grady M.M. (2002) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 86, 2002 July. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 37(S5), A157-A184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb00913.x
PROJECT
Title	Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI	Marcello Mellini