| Name |
Frontier Mountain 09005 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 09005 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
25 |
| Latitude |
72° 57' 14'' S |
| Longitude |
160° 27' 1'' E |
| Findsite remarks |
|
| Field description |
40% crusted fragment, oxidised shell, greenish interior, 3 x 2 x 1 cm |
| Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
9/12/2009 |
| Finder |
FOLCO L. |
| Original Mass (g) |
15.1 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
12.83 |
| Thin section |
available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 4 |
| Shock stage |
S3 |
| Weathering grade |
W3 |
| Fa (Ol) |
18.6±0.2 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
16.9±0.3 |
| Classified by |
M. D'Orazio and G. Paoli (DST-PI) |
| Comments |
|
| Other data |
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| References
|
- Ruzicka A., Grossman J.N. and Garvie L. (2014) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 100 2014 June. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 49(8), E1-E101.
https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12342
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| PROJECT |
| Title |
Meteoriti antartiche |
| Acr |
|
| Code |
PNRA 2004/5.4 |
| PI |
Marcello Mellini |