CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 90049
Abbreviation FRO 90049
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 6
Latitude 72° 57' 20'' S
Longitude 160° 26' 18'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, firn-ice edge, W of camp
Field description
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 10/1/1991
Finder WIELER R.
Original Mass (g) 9.53
Mass at MNA (g) 5.76
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group H 5/6
Shock stage S2
Weathering grade A/B
Fa (Ol) 18.5
Fs (low Ca Px) 16.4
Classified by A.M. Fioretti (CNR-PD), G.M. Molin, G. Salviulo (UniPd) and G.P. Sighinolfi (UniMo)
Comments
Other data
References
  1. Folco L. (1997) Pyroxene thermometry in chondritic meteorites. PhD thesis, Open University, Milton Keynes, 188 pp.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Folco L., Mellini M. and Pillinger C.T. (1995) Anomalous orthopyroxene cell volumes from unshocked equilibrated H chondrites (abstract). Meteorit. 30(5), 506.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1995.tb01298.x
  5. Folco L., Mellini M. and Pillinger C.T. (1995) Unshocked equilibrated H-chondrites: A common low-temperature record from orthopyroxene iron-magnesium ordering (abstract). Meteorit. 30(5), 506.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1995.tb01298.x
  6. Folco L., Mellini M. and Pillinger C.T. (1996) Unshocked equilibrated H-chondrites: A common low-temperature record from orthopyroxene iron-magnesium ordering. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 31(3), 388-393.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02076.x
  7. Folco L., Mellini M. and Pillinger C.T. (1997) Equilibrated ordinary chondrites: Constraints for thermal history from iron-magnesium ordering in orthopyroxene. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 32(4), 567-575.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01301.x
  8. Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7
  9. Molin G., Fioretti A.M., Salviulo G. and Carampin R. (1994) Petrography, mineralogical analyses, and classification of 22 meteorites from Frontier Mountain - Antarctica. Terra Antartica 1(1), 147-149.
    http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_01/TA_01_01_147_Molin.pdf
  10. 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
  11. Wlotzka F. (1992) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 73. Meteorit. 27(4), 477-483.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00235.x
PROJECT
Title EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme
Acr EUROMET 1
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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