Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 01170

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Frontier Mountain 01170

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 01170
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01170
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 4.9 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4-5
Recommended:			H4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 84 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as H4-5. [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 25:

Latitude:	72°57'09"S
Longitude:	160°31'26"E
Mass (g):	4.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16
Classifier:	A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Comments:	br

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)

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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° 57' 9"S, 160° 31' 26"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 9"S, 160° 31' 26"E)

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

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