Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90102

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Frontier Mountain 90102

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90102
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90102
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 7.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 74	(1993)	L4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB74
  Table 4
  Line 25:

Mass (g):	7.17
Class:	L4
Fayalite (mol%):	25.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.1
Classifier:	G. Kurat et al. (Natural History Museum, Vienna)
Type spec location:	The Open University, Planetary Science Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Main mass:	The Open University, Planetary Science Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK

Institutions
and collections

Vienna: University of Vienna, Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)

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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 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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