Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 93020

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Frontier Mountain 93020

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 93020
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 93020
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 78.2 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 32:

Latitude:	72°57'18"S
Longitude:	160°28'30"E
Mass (g):	78.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20
Classifier:	S. Russell (NHM)

Institutions
and collections

NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)

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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° 57' 18"S, 160° 28' 30"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 18"S, 160° 28' 30"E)

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

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