Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 99035

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Frontier Mountain 99035

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 99035
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 99035
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 3.3 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3-4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H3/4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3/4
Recommended:			H3/4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 36 approved meteorites classified as H3/4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 148:

Latitude:	72°59'24"S
Longitude:	160°24'08"E
Mass (g):	3.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3/4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	17 (12-19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17 (14-27)
Classifier:	R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti, and G. Molin (UPad)

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° 59' 24"S, 160° 24' 8"E)
Recommended::	(72° 59' 24"S, 160° 24' 8"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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