CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 90150
Abbreviation FRO 90150
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 6
Latitude 72° 57' 12'' S
Longitude 160° 31' 35'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, firn-ice edge, E of camp
Field description
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 10/1/1991
Finder FRANCHI I.A.
Original Mass (g) 16.66
Mass at MNA (g) 10.37
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group H 6
Shock stage S2
Weathering grade B
Fa (Ol) 20.9
Fs (low Ca Px) 18.2
Classified by P.A. Bland (OU) and L. Folco (UniSi)
Comments
Other data
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. 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
  5. Welten K.C. and Nishiizumi K. (1999) Degree of weathering of H-chondrites from Frontier Mountain, Antarctica. LPI Contrib. 997, 83-87.
  6. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Caffee M.W., Schafer J. and Wieler R. (1999) Terrestrial ages and exposure ages of Antarctic H-chondrites from Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land. Antarct. Meteorite Res. 12, 94-107.
    https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1999AMR....12...94W
  7. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Masarik J., Caffee M.W., Jull A.J.T., Klandrud S.E. and Wieler R. (2001) Cosmic-ray exposure history of two Frontier Mountain H-chondrite showers from spallation and neutron-capture products. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 36(2), 301-318.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01872.x
  8. Wieler R., Welten C.K., Nishiizumi K. and Caffee W.M. (1998) Exposure ages and terrestrial ages of H chondrites from Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land. Antarctic Meteorites XXIII. Papers presented to the 23rd Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites, NIPR, Tokyo, June 10-12, 170-172.
  9. Wlotzka F. (1993) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 75, 1993 December. Meteorit. 28(5), 692-703.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1993.tb00641.x
PROJECT
Title EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme
Acr EUROMET 1
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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