Name	Frontier Mountain 03099
Abbreviation	FRO 03099
Observed fall	No
Place of Recovery	Frontier Mountain, Antarctica
Country	ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition	19
Latitude	72° 57' 8'' S
Longitude	160° 30' 4'' E
Findsite remarks	firn-ice edge, east of campsite, under snow
Field description	weathered stony fragment, 3 x 2 x 2 cm
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy)	3/1/2004
Finder	ROCHETTE P.
Original Mass (g)	17.16
Mass at MNA (g)	17
Thin section	available
Status	OFFICIAL
Coarse Type	STONY
Type	CHONDRITE
Class/Clan	ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group	H 5
Shock stage	S4
Weathering grade	W1
Fa (Ol)	17.9
Fs (low Ca Px)	16.5
Classified by	A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments
Other data
References	Folco L. and Zeoli A. (2005) The meteorite collection of the Italian Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide “Felice Ippolito” (December 2005 update). Terra Antartica 12(1), 35-39. http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_12/TA_12_035_Folco.pdf Folco L., Rochette P., Gattacceca J. and Perchiazzi N. (2006) In situ identification, pairing, and classification of meteorites from Antarctica through magnetic susceptibility measurements. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41(3), 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00467.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	Meteoriti antartiche
Acr
Code	PNRA 2002/5.4
PI	Marcello Mellini