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Frontier Mountain 01023
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 01023
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01023
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 3.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 4
  Line 8:
Latitude:72°59'15"S
Longitude:160°24'02"E
Mass (g):3.3
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Institutions
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MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 59' 15"S, 160° 24' 2"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 15"S, 160° 24' 2"E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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