| Name |
Frontier Mountain 09009 |
| Abbreviation |
FRO 09009 |
| Observed fall |
No |
| Place of Recovery |
Frontier Mountain, Antarctica |
| Country |
ANTARCTICA |
| Italian Antarctic Expedition |
25 |
| Latitude |
72° 57' 10'' S |
| Longitude |
160° 27' 55'' E |
| Findsite remarks |
|
| Field description |
weathered fragment 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm |
| Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
9/12/2009 |
| Finder |
ROCHETTE P. |
| Original Mass (g) |
19.7 |
| Mass at MNA (g) |
19.43 |
| Thin section |
available |
| Status |
OFFICIAL |
| Coarse Type |
STONY |
| Type |
CHONDRITE |
| Class/Clan |
ORDINARY CHONDRITE |
| Group |
H 5 |
| Shock stage |
S2 |
| Weathering grade |
W4 |
| Fa (Ol) |
18.5±0.3 |
| Fs (low Ca Px) |
17.4±0.8 |
| Classified by |
M. D'Orazio and G. Paoli (DST-PI) |
| Comments |
Paired with FRO 09002? |
| Other data |
|
| References
|
- 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 |