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Frontier Mountain 03004
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 03004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 03004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 4.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H5/6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5/6
Recommended:  H5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 256 approved meteorites classified as H5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 2
  Line 29:
Date:28 Dec 2003
Latitude:72°57'09.9"S
Longitude:160°29'51.0"E
Mass (g):4.5
Pieces:1
Class:H5/6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):17.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
Magnetic suscept.:5
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco, MNA-SI; magnetic classification (based on SM30 measurements), P. Rochette, CEREGE and L. Folco MNA-SI according to Rochette et al. (2003)
Main mass:MNA-SI
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 10"S, 160° 29' 51"E)

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