CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Frontier Mountain 09007
Abbreviation FRO 09007
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 25
Latitude 72° 57' 14'' S
Longitude 160° 27' 22'' E
Findsite remarks
Field description weathered fragment rounded one side, 2.5 across
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 9/12/2009
Finder ROCHETTE P.
Original Mass (g) 23.4
Mass at MNA (g) 22.27
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group L 4
Shock stage S2
Weathering grade W2
Fa (Ol) 25.9±0.8
Fs (low Ca Px) 21±2
Classified by M. D'Orazio and G. Paoli (DST-PI)
Comments
Other data
References
  1. Ruzicka A., Grossman J.N. and Garvie L. (2014) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 100 2014 June. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 49(8), E1-E101.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12342
PROJECT
Title Meteoriti antartiche
Acr
Code PNRA 2004/5.4
PI Marcello Mellini

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