| Name |
Frontier Mountain 90030 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 90030 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
6 |
| Latitude |
72° 57' 11'' S |
| Longitude |
160° 31' 24'' E |
| Findsite remarks |
blue ice, firn-ice edge, E of camp |
| Field description |
|
| Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
10/1/1991 |
| Finder |
|
| Original Mass (g) |
7.18 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
0 |
| Thin section |
available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 4 |
| Shock stage |
S3 |
| Weathering grade |
B/C |
| Fa (Ol) |
19.0 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
16.8 |
| Classified by |
R. Hutchison (NHM-London), S.J.B. Reed (UniCamb) and P.A. Bland (OU) |
| Comments |
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| 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 - Wlotzka F. (1992) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 72. Meteorit. 27(1), 109-117.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb01068.x
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| PROJECT |
| Title |
EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme |
| Acr |
EUROMET 1 |
| Code |
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| PI |
Marcello Mellini |