| Name |
Frontier Mountain 90218 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 90218 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
6 |
| Latitude |
72° 57' 21'' 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 |
FRANCHI I.A. |
| Original Mass (g) |
3.18 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
1.91 |
| Thin section |
available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 5 |
| Shock stage |
|
| Weathering grade |
|
| Fa (Ol) |
18.4 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
16.6 |
| Classified by |
P.A. Bland (OU) and L.Folco (MNA-SI) |
| Comments |
|
| Other data |
|
| References
|
- 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 - 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 - Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7 - 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
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| PROJECT |
| Title |
EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme |
| Acr |
EUROMET 1 |
| Code |
|
| PI |
Marcello Mellini |