| Name |
Frontier Mountain 95014 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 95014 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
11 |
| Latitude |
72° 59' 35'' S |
| Longitude |
160° 24' 45'' E |
| Findsite remarks |
Meteorite Valley Moraine; bad GPS reading; approximate geographic coordinates (not GPS reading) |
| Field description |
partially crusted, stony, weathered interior, 1.5 cm across |
| Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
12/12/1995 |
| Finder |
PERCHIAZZI N. |
| Original Mass (g) |
3.5 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
2.05 |
| Thin section |
not available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 4 |
| Shock stage |
S3 |
| Weathering grade |
A/B |
| Fa (Ol) |
14.8 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
12.9 |
| Classified by |
R. Carampin, A.M. Fioretti and G. Molin (UniPD) |
| 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. (1998) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 82, 1998 July. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33(S4), A221-A239.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01336.x
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| PROJECT |
| Title |
EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme |
| Acr |
EUROMET |
| Code |
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| PI |
Marcello Mellini |