Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 01089

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Frontier Mountain 01089

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 01089
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01089
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 2.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	Ureilite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
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Writeup

Writeup from MB 87:

Frontier Mountain 01089

Antarctica

Found 2001 December 16

Achondrite (ureilite)

A weathered stony fragment of 2.1 g was recovered. Mineralogy and classification (R. Carampin and A. M. Fioretti, UPad): FRO 01089 shows typical texture and consists of olivine Fo77 (with Fo85 reduced rims), pigeonite En70 Wo13 and interstitial carbonaceous materials. Silicate mineral mode is olivine 91 vol% and pigeonite 9 vol%. Weathering is minor, with thin limonite veins in fractures. Main mass, type specimen, thin section, MNA-SI.

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 2
  Line 70:

Latitude:	72°57'08"S
Longitude:	160°27'20"E
Mass (g):	2.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ure
Classifier:	R. Carampin and A. M. Fioretti, UPad
Type spec location:	MNA-SI

Institutions
and collections

MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
UPad: Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, I-35131 Padova, Italy, Italy (institutional address; updated 20 Jun 2022)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(72° 57' 8"S, 160° 27' 20"E)

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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