CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 01012
Abbreviation FRO 01012
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 17
Latitude 72° 58' 16'' S
Longitude 160° 20' 2'' E
Findsite remarks on bedrock (2030 m above sea level) N of central moraine
Field description 30% crusted weathered stony fragment
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 9/12/2001
Finder FOLCO L.
Original Mass (g) 19.2
Mass at MNA (g) 16.93
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITE
Class/Clan
Group UREILITE
Shock stage S5
Weathering grade
Fa (Ol) 6-22
Fs (low Ca Px)
Classified by R. Carampin and A.M. Fioretti (Upad)
Comments Mosaicised texture, abudant diamonds present
Other data
References
  1. Barbaro A., Domeneghetti M.C., Fioretti A.M., Alvaro M. and Nestola F. (2022) Carbon polymorphs in Frontier Mountain ureilitic meteorites: A correlation with the increasing degree of shock? 85th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society, 14-19 August, Glasgow (Scotland). LPI Contribution No. 2657, 2022, id.6212.
    https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2022/pdf/6212.pdf
  2. Barbaro A., Domeneghetti M.C., Fioretti A.M., Alvaro M. and Nestola F. (2023) Carbon phases in ureilites with increasing the degree of shock: the example of five Frontier Mountain ureilites. XVIII Congresso Nazionale di Scienze Planetarie, 6-10 febbraio, Perugia (Italia).
    https://www.scienzeplanetarie.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Abstracts_Book_Oral_CNSP2023.pdf
  3. Barbaro A., Domeneghetti M.C., Fioretti A.M., Alvaro M. and Nestola F. (2023) Carbon polymorphs in Frontier Mountain ureilitic meteorites: A correlation with increasing the degree of shock? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 614, 118201.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118201
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Nardi L. (2022) Studio del grado di shock di olivine in ureiliti antartiche tramite diffrazione a raggi X a cristallo singolo. Master’s presentation slides, University of Padova, Padova, 15 pp.
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12608/35028
  7. Russell S.S., Zipfel J., Folco L., Jones R., Grady M.M., McCoy T. and Grossman J.N. (2003) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 87, 2003 July. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 38(S7), A189-A248.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00328.x
PROJECT
Title Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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