Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 93005

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Frontier Mountain 93005

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 93005
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 93005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 1665 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 17:

Latitude:	72°58'11"S
Longitude:	160°26'16"E
Mass (g):	1665.4
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3/4
Weathering grade:	A
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.8
Classifier:	R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti, and G. Molin (UPad)

Institutions
and collections

UPad: Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, I-35131 Padova, Italy, Italy (institutional address; updated 20 Jun 2022)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 58' 11"S, 160° 26' 16"E)
Recommended::	(72° 58' 11"S, 160° 26' 16"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 m apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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