CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 95005
Abbreviation FRO 95005
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 11
Latitude 72° 59' 59'' S
Longitude 160° 26' 41'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, scatterfield
Field description flattish, squared, 90% crusted stone, 6x5x3 cm
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 10/12/1995
Finder MENEGHEL M.
Original Mass (g) 191.3
Mass at MNA (g) 162.4
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group L 6
Shock stage S3/4
Weathering grade A
Fa (Ol) 24.7
Fs (low Ca Px) 20.5
Classified by R. Carampin, A.M. Fioretti and G. Molin (UniPD)
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. Grossman J.N. (1998) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 82, 1998 July. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33(S4), A221-A239.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01336.x
  5. Nava J. (2020) Mineralogical composition and geological features of C-type asteroids inferred from meteorites and space missions data. PhD thesis, University of Padova, Padova, 126 pp.
  6. 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
PROJECT
Title EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme
Acr EUROMET
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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