CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 97002
Abbreviation FRO 97002
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 13
Latitude 72° 57' 12'' S
Longitude 160° 29' 2'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, scatterfield, 400 m S of camp
Field description various fragments, chondrules and CAI in dark matrix, possibly CC
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 15/12/1997
Finder PERCHIAZZI N.
Original Mass (g) 0.3
Mass at MNA (g) 0.309
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE
Group CV 3
Shock stage S1
Weathering grade W0
Fa (Ol) chc 7 - mx 52
Fs (low Ca Px) chc 3
Classified by C. Ferraris, B. Anselmi and L. Folco (MNA-SI); A.S. Sexton and I.A. Franchi (OU)
Comments Paired with FRO97003. Abundant mm-sized chondrules (primarily type IA/B; Fa2-12 and Fs1-5 respectively) and minor refractory inclusions are set in a black matrix, mainly consisting of FeO-rich Ol grains (Fa39-71) up to several microns in size; opaque minerals include tiny grains (less than 1 µm) of Ni-rich sulfide (up to 18 wt% Ni); no metal has been detected.
Other data Oxygen isotopes composition: δ17O=-2.16, δ18O=2.45, Δ17O=-3.44
References
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7
  4. 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
  5. Musolino A. and Folco L. (2021) Atlas of meteorites in thin sections. Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, 144 pp.
    https://repositories.dst.unipi.it/documenti/Atlas_of_Meteorites_2021.06.23.pdf
PROJECT
Title Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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