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Frontier Mountain 84030
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 84030
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 84030
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1984
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass:help 0.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 67  (1989)  H3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 709 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB67
  Table 2
  Line 29:
Mass (g):0.7
Class:H3
Classifier:
Finder:German field party during the 1984-85 field season in Antarctica, G. Delisle et al. (1985) Meteoritics 20, 635
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Antarctica
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     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 59'S, 160° 20'E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 18"S, 160° 28' 24"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.6 km apart

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