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Frontier Mountain 10086
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 10086
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 10086
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 4.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 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 498:
Origin or pseudonym:Frontier Mountain icefield
Date:10 Jan 2011
Latitude:72°57.117'S
Longitude:160°30.454'E
Mass (g):4.7
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Magnetic suscept.:4.90
Classifier:L. Folco, MNA-SI
Type spec mass (g):3.43
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:MNA-SI
Finder:PNRA-KOREAMET
Comments:Submitted by L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Institutions
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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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 7"S, 160° 30' 27"E)

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