| Name |
Frontier Mountain 99017 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 99017 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
15 |
| Latitude |
72° 59' 41'' S |
| Longitude |
160° 24' 6'' E |
| Findsite remarks |
Meteorite Valley Moraine, W crest VII; approximate geographic coordinates (not GPS reading) |
| Field description |
weathered stony fragment, 1x0.5x0.5 cm; OC |
| Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
13/12/1999 |
| Finder |
ZEOLI A. |
| Original Mass (g) |
0.9 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
0.83 |
| Thin section |
available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 4 |
| Shock stage |
S2 |
| Weathering grade |
W1 |
| Fa (Ol) |
19 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
17 |
| Classified by |
M. Macrì, A. Maras and M. Serracino (URoma) |
| Comments |
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| Other data |
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| References
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- 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 - 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 |
Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio |
| Acr |
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| Code |
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| PI |
Marcello Mellini |