CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 01030
Abbreviation FRO 01030
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 17
Latitude 72° 59' 27'' S
Longitude 160° 24' 9'' E
Findsite remarks Meteorite Valley Moraine
Field description rounded stony fragment 1.5 x 1.5 cm, achondrite
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 12/12/2001
Finder D'INCA' F.
Original Mass (g) 6.0
Mass at MNA (g) 5.23
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITE
Class/Clan
Group UREILITE
Shock stage S1
Weathering grade low
Fa (Ol) 10
Fs (low Ca Px)
Classified by A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments Typical texture
Other data
References
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Rochette P., Gattacceca J., Bourot-Denise M., Consolomagno G., Folco L., Kohout T., Pesonen L. and Sagnotti L. (2009) Magnetic classification of stony meteorites: 3. Achondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 44(3), 405-427.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00741.x
  4. 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
  5. Welten K.C., Franke L., Ott U., Caffee M.W. and Nishiizumi K. (2007) The complex exposure history of FRO 97013, a ureilite with a very short transfer time from parent body to Earth. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 42(S9), A162.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00601.x
PROJECT
Title Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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