Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 95031

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Frontier Mountain 95031

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 95031
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 95031
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 0.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 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:
  MB83
  Table 1
  Line 1:

Latitude:	72°57'04"S
Longitude:	160°30'30"E
Mass (g):	0.5
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W0
Fayalite (mol%):	17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.2
Classifier:	R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti and G. Molin, UPad
Type spec location:	A. Sexton, OU
Comments:	Breccia

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. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 57' 4"S, 160° 30' 30"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 4"S, 160° 30' 30"E)

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

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