Name
Frontier Mountain 97025
Abbreviation
FRO 97025
Observed fall
No
Place of Recovery
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country
ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition
13
Latitude
72° 57' 12'' S
Longitude
160° 31' 21'' E
Findsite remarks
blue ice, firn-ice edge, E of camp
Field description
fragment 3x2 cm in size, fusion crust, magnetic, paired with FRO 97024?
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)
20/12/1997
Finder
PERCHIAZZI N.
Original Mass (g)
28.2
Mass at MNA (g)
27.5
Thin section
available
Status
OFFICIAL
Coarse Type
STONY
Type
CHONDRITE
Class/Clan
ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group
H 5
Shock stage
S3
Weathering grade
W0
Fa (Ol)
18
Fs (low Ca Px)
16
Classified by
C. Ferraris, B. Anselmi and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments
Other data
References
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 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 Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7 Grossman J.N. (2000) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 84, 2000 September. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35 (S5), A199-A225.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01797.x 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
PROJECT
Title
Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI
Marcello Mellini