CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 95028
Abbreviation FRO 95028
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 11
Latitude 72° 57' 4'' S
Longitude 160° 30' 50'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, firn-ice edge, E of camp
Field description doubtful, schistose granite
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 13/12/1995
Finder PERCHIAZZI N.
Original Mass (g) 13.9
Mass at MNA (g) 11.071
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITE
Class/Clan
Group UREILITE
Shock stage
Weathering grade A
Fa (Ol) 20.8
Fs (low Ca Px) 18.1
Classified by R. Carampin, A.M. Fioretti and G. Molin (UniPD)
Comments
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. Fioretti A.M. and Molin G. (1998) Alabandite in ureilite Frontier Mountain 95028 (abstract). Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33(S4), A46-A47.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01327.x
  5. Fioretti A.M. and Molin G. (1998) Frontier Mountain 95028: A new low-shock ureilite close to Allan Hills 78019 (abstract). Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33(S4), A47-48.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01327.x
  6. Fioretti A.M., Goodrich C.A., Molin G. and Tribaudino M. (1999) Associated silicate-metal-sulfide inclusions in graphite of ureilite FRO 95028. 30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-29, Houston (TX), abstract no. 1133.
    https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC99/pdf/1133.pdf
  7. Folco L. and Rastelli N. (2000) The meteorite collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35(S5), A189-A198.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01795.x
  8. 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
  9. Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7
  10. Grossman J.N. (1998) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 82, 1998 July. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33(S4), A221-A239.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01336.x
  11. Rochette P., Sagnotti L., Consolomagno G., Folco L., Maras A., Panzarino F., Pesonen L., Serra R. and Terho M. (2001) A magnetic susceptibility database for stony meteorites. Quaderni di Geofisica 18, 1-6.
    https://editoria.ingv.it/archivio_pdf/qdg/18/pdf/qdg_18.pdf
  12. Tessarolo A. (2021) Un metodo alternativo per determinare il grado di shock delle meteoriti. Master's thesis, University of Padova, Padova, 24 pp.
  13. Tessarolo A. (2021) Un metodo alternativo per determinare il grado di shock delle meteoriti. Master’s presentation slides, University of Pavia, Pavia, 13 pp.
PROJECT
Title EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme
Acr EUROMET
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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