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Frontier Mountain 01126
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 01126
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01126
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 1.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 2
  Line 105:
Latitude:72°57'06"S
Longitude:160°27'47"E
Mass (g):1.3
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):26
Ferrosilite (mol%):23
Classifier:A. Burroni, C. Ferraris and L. Folco
Main mass:MNA-SI
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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 6"S, 160° 27' 47"E)

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