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Frontier Mountain 97010
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 97010
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 97010
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 23.1 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 63:
Latitude:72°57'11"S
Longitude:160°28'57"E
Mass (g):23.1
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):22
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
Classifier:R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti, and G. Molin (UPad)
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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' 11"S, 160° 28' 57"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 11"S, 160° 28' 57"E)

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