Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 99016

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Frontier Mountain 99016

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 99016
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 99016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 23.3 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6546 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [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 129:

Latitude:	72°59'42"S
Longitude:	160°24'06"E
Mass (g):	23.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S2/3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	26
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23
Classifier:	M. Macrì, A. Maras, and M. Serracino (URoma)

Institutions
and collections

URoma: Museo di Mineralogia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Piazzale Aldo Moro,5 I-00185 ROMA, Italy (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 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° 59' 42"S, 160° 24' 6"E)
Recommended::	(72° 59' 42"S, 160° 24' 6"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 39173 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 5051 unapproved names)

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