Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 95009

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Frontier Mountain 95009

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 95009
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 95009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996 or 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 2.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 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:
  MB82
  Table 1
  Line 6:

Latitude:	72°57'15"S
Longitude:	160°26'11"E
Mass (g):	2.1
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	22.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.5
Classifier:	R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti and G. Molin, UPad
Type spec location:	A. Sexton, OU

Institutions
and collections

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)
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. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 57' 15"S, 160° 26' 11"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 15"S, 160° 26' 11"E)

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

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