| Name |
Frontier Mountain 93027 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 93027 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
9 |
| Latitude |
72° 59' 23'' S |
| Longitude |
160° 24' 26'' E |
| Findsite remarks |
Meteorite Valley Moraine; 5 m NE of FRO 93039 |
| Field description |
rounded 90% crusted stone, 1.5 cm across, magnetic |
| Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
10/1/1994 |
| Finder |
FRANCHI I.A. |
| Original Mass (g) |
4.31 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
2.42 |
| Thin section |
not available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 6 |
| Shock stage |
|
| Weathering grade |
B |
| Fa (Ol) |
17.3 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
18.0 |
| Classified by |
S. Russell (NHM-London) |
| Comments |
|
| Other data |
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| References
|
- 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
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| PROJECT |
| Title |
EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme |
| Acr |
EUROMET |
| Code |
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| PI |
Marcello Mellini |