Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 95002

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Frontier Mountain 95002

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 95002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 95002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 64.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	CO3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CO3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Data from:
  MB81
  Table 2
  Line 10:

Latitude:	72°58.42'S
Longitude:	160°26.46'E
Mass (g):	64.6
Class:	CO3
Shock stage:	S3, b
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	21.3 (4.6-44.2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2.4 (1.5-7.9)
Classifier:	J. C. Bridges, R. Hutchison, M. J. Genge and M. M. Grady (NHM)
Type spec location:	A. Sexton, OU

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)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 58' 25"S, 160° 26' 28"E)
Recommended::	(72° 58' 25"S, 160° 26' 28"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 7.6 m apart

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

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