Name	Frontier Mountain 03012
Abbreviation	FRO 03012
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	weathered stony fragment, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)	28/12/2003
Finder	ROCHETTE P.
Original Mass (g)	10.50
Mass at MNA (g)	10.18
Thin section	available
Status	OFFICIAL
Coarse Type	STONY
Type	CHONDRITE
Class/Clan	ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group	H 5
Shock stage	S1
Weathering grade	W1
Fa (Ol)	19.5
Fs (low Ca Px)	17.5
Classified by	M. Macrì, A. Maras and M. Serracino (UniRoma)
Comments
Other data
References	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 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 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