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Frontier Mountain 01167
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 01167
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01167
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 3.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  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:
  MB87
  Table 2
  Line 142:
Latitude:72°57'07"S
Longitude:160°31'20"E
Mass (g):3.9
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
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' 7"S, 160° 31' 20"E)

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