angular fragment, 2x1x1 cm, 20% fusion crust, crystalline (coarse-grained), magnetic
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)
4/1/1994
Finder
BOI L.
Original Mass (g)
4.84
Mass at MNA (g)
3
Thin section
available
Status
OFFICIAL
Coarse Type
STONY
Type
PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITE
Class/Clan
Group
ACAPULCOITE
Shock stage
S1
Weathering grade
W1
Fa (Ol)
13.3±0.3
Fs (low Ca Px)
13.3±0.4
Classified by
A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments
Gabbro.
Acapulcoite/lodranite.
Other data
In order of abundance: orthoEn, oligoclasio, Aug, traces of Ol. Corroded xenoliths of probable lodranitic composition are present, composed by Ol (Fo90.4±0.7) and minor Fe-Ni metal, chromite, phosphates, schreibersite, troilite.
Burroni A. and Folco L. (2003) Frontier Mountain 95029 and 93001: Two primitive achondritic meteorites. Terra Antartica Reports 8, 181-184.
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
Folco L., D'Orazio M. and Burroni A. (2006) Frontier Mountain 93001: A coarse-grained, enstatite-augite-oligoclase-rich, igneous rock from the acapulcoite-lodranite parent asteroid. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41(8), 1183-1198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00515.x
Grady M.M. (2000) Catalogue of meteorites. Fifth Edition. The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., 690 pp. https://doi.org/10.5519/tqfuwle7
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
Rochette P., Gattacceca J., Bourot-Denise M., Consolomagno G., Folco L., Kohout T., Pesonen L. and Sagnotti L. (2009) Magnetic classification of stony meteorites: 3. Achondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 44(3), 405-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00741.x
Russell S.S., Zolensky M.E., Righter K., Folco L., Jones R., Connolly H.C., Grady M.M. and Grossman J.N. (2005) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No.89, 2005 September. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 40(S9), A201-A263. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00425.x
PROJECT
Title
EUROMET: an European meteorite collection programme