Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90212

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Frontier Mountain 90212

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90212
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90212
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 3.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 77	(1994)	L6/7
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6-7
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6/7
Recommended:			L6/7 [explanation]

This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as L6/7. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB77
  Table 4
  Line 12:

Mass (g):	3.7
Class:	L6/7
Fayalite (mol%):	23.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.5
Classifier:	P. A. Bland and L. Folco, The Open University and University of Siena, Italy

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 20"S, 160° 26' 11"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.4 km apart

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This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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