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Frontier Mountain 90032
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 90032
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90032
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass:help 1.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  H3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.4
Recommended:  H3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as H3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB72
  Table 5
  Line 19:
Mass (g):1.6
Class:H3
Fayalite (mol%):3.0-34.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):3.4-19.3
Classifier:R. Hutchison (Natural History Museum, London), S. J. B. Reed (Cambridge University) and P. Bland (The Open University, Milton Keynes)
Main mass:EUROMET
Finder:EUROMET team of four, supported by Italy and its Terra Nova base
Institutions
   and collections		 Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 18"S, 160° 28' 24"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.1 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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