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Frontier Mountain 09008

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 09008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 09008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 27 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 861 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 11 Dec 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Frontier Mountain 09008 (FRO 09008) 72°57.181’S, 160°27.583’E

Antarctica, Antarctica

Found: 9 Dec 2009

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Meteorite recovered by L. Folco and P. Rochette during the XXV PNRA expedition.

Physical characteristics: Abundant inter-chondrule impact melt; average chondrule size 770 ± 350 μm; metal content 4 vol%; mineral chemistry based on EPMA (22 olivine cores and 24 low-Ca pyroxene cores).

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antarctica
Origin or pseudonym:	Frontier Mountain icefield
Date:	9 Dec 2009
Latitude:	72°57.181'S
Longitude:	160°27.583'E
Mass (g):	27
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S6
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	21.9±2.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.0±4.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8±1.0
Magnetic suscept.:	4.32
Classifier:	M. D'Orazio, G. Paoli, DST-PI
Type spec mass (g):	27
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	MNA-SI
Comments:	Submitted by L. Folco

Institutions
and collections

DST-PI: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(72° 57' 11"S, 160° 27' 35"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 45041 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)

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