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Frontier Mountain 10074
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 10074
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 10074
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy, and Korean Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET)]
Mass:help 3.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Jan 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 491:
Origin or pseudonym:Frontier Mountain icefield
Date:16 Jan 2011
Latitude:72°57.127'S
Longitude:160°27.875'E
Mass (g):3.9
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Magnetic suscept.:5.01
Classifier:C. Ventura Bordenca, A. Maras, M. SErracino, URoma, IGAG
Type spec mass (g):0.88
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:MNA-SI
Finder:PNRA-KOREAMET
Comments:Submitted by 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)
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)
IGAG: L'Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Montelibretti, Via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo (RM), Italy (institutional address; updated 13 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 8"S, 160° 27' 52"E)

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