Name Frontier Mountain 90240
Abbreviation FRO 90240
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Latitude 72° 57' 17'' S
Longitude 160° 26' 38'' E
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 10/1/1991
Original Mass (g) 1.05
Mass at MNA (g) 1.04
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Type Ordinary chondrite
Class L6
Shock stage S1/2
Weathering grade A/B
Fa (Ol) 25.0
Fs (low Ca Px) 23.6
References
  1. Folco L. and Rastelli N. (2000) The meteorite collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35 (suppl.), A189-A198.
  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.
  3. Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
  4. Rubin A.E. (2004) Postshock annealing and postannealing shock in equilibrated ordinary chondrites: Implications for the thermal and shock histories of chondritic asteroids. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68(3), 673-689.
  5. Wlotzka F. (1994) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 77, 1994 November. Meteorit. 29, 891-897.

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