Name
Frontier Mountain 12008
Abbreviation
FRO 12008
Observed fall
No
Place of Recovery
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country
ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition
28
Latitude
72° 57' 9'' S
Longitude
160° 30' 13'' E
Findsite remarks
Field description
10% crusted, two times fractured
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)
18/12/2012
Finder
FOLCO L.
Original Mass (g)
25.6
Mass at MNA (g)
24.87
Thin section
available
Status
OFFICIAL
Coarse Type
STONY
Type
CHONDRITE
Class/Clan
ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group
L 4
Shock stage
S3
Weathering grade
W1
Fa (Ol)
22.2±0.5
Fs (low Ca Px)
17.7±2.5
Classified by
L. Folco (DST-UniPi)
Comments
Other data
References
Bouvier A., Gattacceca J., Agee C., Grossman J. and Metzler K. (2017) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 104. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 52(10), 2284.https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12930
PROJECT
Title
Meteoriti antartiche
Acr
Code
PNRA 2009/A2.08
PI
Luigi Folco