Name |
Frontier Mountain 90220 |
Abbreviation |
FRO 90220 |
Observed fall |
No |
Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
Country |
ANTARCTICA |
Italian Antarctic Expedition |
6 |
Latitude |
72° 57' 17'' S |
Longitude |
160° 26' 30'' E |
Findsite remarks |
blue ice, firn-ice edge, W of camp |
Field description |
|
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
10/1/1991 |
Finder |
FRANCHI I.A. |
Original Mass (g) |
0.96 |
Mass at MNA (g) |
0.72 |
Thin section |
available |
Status |
OFFICIAL |
Coarse Type |
STONY |
Type |
CHONDRITE |
Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
Group |
L 6 |
Shock stage |
|
Weathering grade |
|
Fa (Ol) |
25.3 |
Fs (low Ca Px) |
21.4 |
Classified by |
A. Maras (UniRoma) |
Comments |
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Other data |
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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
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PROJECT |
Title |
EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme |
Acr |
EUROMET 1 |
Code |
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PI |
Marcello Mellini |