CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 90011
Abbreviation FRO 90011
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 6
Latitude 72° 57' 21'' S
Longitude 160° 32' 30'' E
Findsite remarks blue ice, scatterfield; approximate geographic coordinates (not GPS reading)
Field description
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 10/1/1991
Finder FRANCHI I.A.
Original Mass (g) 1.8
Mass at MNA (g) 0.335
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITE
Class/Clan
Group LODRANITE
Shock stage S1
Weathering grade A
Fa (Ol) 9.4
Fs (low Ca Px) 12.6
Classified by A. Maras, M. Serracino (CNR-Roma) and G.R. Levi-Donati (ITIS-PG)
Comments MnO/FeO=0.07, coarse grained, granular texture, no chondrules.
Other data
References
  1. Burroni A. and Folco L. (2008) Frontier Mountain meteorite specimens of the acapulcoite-lodranite clan: Petrography, pairing, and parent-rock lithology of an unusual intrusive rock. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 43(4), 731-744.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00681.x
  2. Delisle G., Franchi I., Rossi A. and Wieler R. (1993) Meteorite finds by EUROMET near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Meteorit. 28(1), 126-129.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1993.tb00257.x
  3. Folco L. and Bland P.A. (1994) Meteorites from the 1990/91 EUROMET Expedition to Frontier Mountain, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Terra Antartica 1(1), 138-142.
    http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_01/TA_01_01_138_Folco.pdf
  4. Folco L. and Rastelli N. (2000) The meteorite collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35(S5), A189-A198.
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  5. 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
  6. Folco L. on behalf of EUROMET (1992) Meteorites from the 1990/91 expedition to the Frontier Mountains, Antarctica (abstract). Meteorit. 27(3), 221-222.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00734.x
  7. Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7
  8. Keil K. and McCoy T.J. (2018) Acapulcoite-lodranite meteorites: Ultramafic asteroidal partial melt residues. Chemie der Erde 78(2), 153-203.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2017.04.004
  9. Maras A., Levi-Donati G.R. and Serracino M. (1994) Classification of twelve meteorites from Frontier Mountain, Antarctica. Terra Antartica 1(1), 143-146.
    http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_01/TA_01_01_143_Maras.pdf
  10. McCoy T.J., Keil K., Clayton R.N. and Mayeda T.K. (1993) Classificational parameters for acapulcoites and lodranites: The cases of FRO 90011, EET 84302 and ALH A81187/84190. 24th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, Houston (TX), abstract no. 1474, 945-946.
    https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1993/pdf/1474.pdf
  11. McCoy T.J., Keil K., Clayton R.N., Mayeda T.K., Bogard D.D., Garrison D.H. and Wieler R. (1997) A petrologic and isotopic study of lodranites: Evidence for early formation as partial melt residues from heterogeneous precursors. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61(3), 623-637.
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  12. Mittlefehldt D.W., Lindstrom M.M., Bogard D.D., Garriso D.H. and Field S.W. (1996) Acapulco- and Lodran-like achondrites: Petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and origin. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60(5), 867-882.
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  13. Molin G., Domeneghetti M.C. and Tribaudino M. (1997) Thermal history of meteorites from Fe-Mg ordering and microstructures in pyroxenes. A research on FRO 90011 Antarctic lodranite. Terra Antartica Reports 1, 155-158.
  14. Molin G., Domeneghetti M.C., Salviulo G., Stimpfl M. and Tribaudino M. (1994) Antarctic FRO 90011 lodranite: Cooling history from pyroxene crystal chemistry and microstructure. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 128(3-4), 479-487.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(94)90164-3
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  16. Zipfel J. and Palme H. (1993) Chemical composition of new acapulcoites and lodranites. 24th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, Houston (TX), abstract no. 1791, 1579-1580.
    https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1993/pdf/1791.pdf
PROJECT
Title EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme
Acr EUROMET 1
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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