Name
Frontier Mountain 99029
Abbreviation
FRO 99029
Observed fall
No
Place of Recovery
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country
ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition
15
Latitude
72° 59' 6'' S
Longitude
160° 30' 12'' E
Findsite remarks
blue ice, scatterfield
Field description
95% crusted stone, fresh, disk shape, 2x2x1 cm; OC
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)
22/12/1999
Finder
FOLCO L.
Original Mass (g)
8.1
Mass at MNA (g)
7.61
Thin section
available
Status
OFFICIAL
Coarse Type
STONY
Type
CHONDRITE
Class/Clan
ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group
H 5
Shock stage
S3
Weathering grade
W2
Fa (Ol)
18
Fs (low Ca Px)
16
Classified by
R. Carampin, A.M. Fioretti and G. Molin (UPad)
Comments
Other data
References
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 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 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
Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI
Marcello Mellini