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Frontier Mountain 95015
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 95015
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 95015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass:help 1.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 1
  Line 12:
Latitude:72°59'18"S
Longitude:160°24'31"E
Mass (g):1.9
Class:H4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):17.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.9
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° 59' 18"S, 160° 24' 31"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 18"S, 160° 24' 31"E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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