Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 99010

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Frontier Mountain 99010

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 99010
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 99010
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 3.5 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H5/6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5/6
Recommended:			H5/6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 256 approved meteorites classified as H5/6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 123:

Latitude:	72°57'39"S
Longitude:	160°32'45"E
Mass (g):	3.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5/6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	20
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18
Classifier:	B. Anselmi, C. Ferraris and L. Folco (MNA-SI)

Institutions
and collections

MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)

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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' 39"S, 160° 32' 45"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 39"S, 160° 32' 45"E)

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

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