Name |
Frontier Mountain 93025 |
Abbreviation |
FRO 93025 |
Observed fall |
No |
Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
Country |
ANTARCTICA |
Italian Antarctic Expedition |
9 |
Latitude |
72° 59' 24'' S |
Longitude |
160° 24' 20'' E |
Findsite remarks |
Meteorite Valley Moraine; 50 m SW of FRO 93053 |
Field description |
hemisphere shaped stony fragment, 60% crusted, magnetic, 1 cm across |
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
26/12/1993 |
Finder |
MENEGHEL M. |
Original Mass (g) |
4.03 |
Mass at MNA (g) |
1.82 |
Thin section |
available |
Status |
OFFICIAL |
Coarse Type |
STONY |
Type |
CHONDRITE |
Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
Group |
H 5 |
Shock stage |
S2 |
Weathering grade |
W2 |
Fa (Ol) |
19.2 |
Fs (low Ca Px) |
18.3 |
Classified by |
A. Maras (UniRoma) |
Comments |
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Other data |
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References
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- 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 |
Code |
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PI |
Marcello Mellini |