Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 97003

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Frontier Mountain 97003

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 97003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 97003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 0.2 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	CV3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 612 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Frontier Mountain 97002 and 97003

CV3

Probably paired; contain abundant millimeter-sized chondrules (primarily type IA and IB, Fa_2–12 and Fs_1–5, respectively) and minor refractory inclusions; black matrix, mainly consisting of FeO-rich olivine grains (Fa_39–71) up to several micrometers in size; opaque minerals include submicrometer grains of Ni-rich sulfide (up to 18 wt% Ni), and no metal has been detected; O isotopes for FRO 97002 are δ¹⁷O = –2.16‰, δ¹⁸O = +2.45‰, Δ¹⁷O= –3.44‰.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 56:

Latitude:	72°57'12"S
Longitude:	160°29'02"E
Mass (g):	0.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	S1
Fayalite (mol%):	chc 9 mx 51
Ferrosilite (mol%):	chc 1
Classifier:	R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti, and G. Molin (UPad)
Comments:	see text

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Institutions
and collections

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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 57' 12"S, 160° 29' 2"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 12"S, 160° 29' 2"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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