CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 90127
Abbreviation FRO 90127
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 6
Latitude 72° 57' 44'' S
Longitude 160° 29' 4'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, scatterfield
Field description
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 10/1/1991
Finder WIELER R.
Original Mass (g) 13.55
Mass at MNA (g) 10.82
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group H 3
Shock stage S2
Weathering grade W1
Fa (Ol) 17 (11-20)
Fs (low Ca Px) 14 (10-17)
Classified by A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments Large compositional variations in Ol and Px, but little clear, transparent glass in chondrule mesostases. Brecciated.
Other data
References
  1. 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
  2. Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7
  3. Rochette P., Sagnotti L., Consolomagno G., Folco L., Maras A., Panzarino F., Pesonen L., Serra R. and Terho M. (2001) A magnetic susceptibility database for stony meteorites. Quaderni di Geofisica 18, 1-6.
    https://editoria.ingv.it/archivio_pdf/qdg/18/pdf/qdg_18.pdf
  4. Russell S.S., Zolensky M.E., Righter K., Folco L., Jones R., Connolly H.C., Grady M.M. and Grossman J.N. (2005) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No.89, 2005 September. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 40(S9), A201-A263.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00425.x
PROJECT
Title EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme
Acr EUROMET 1
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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