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Frontier Mountain 90228
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 90228
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90228
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass:help 13.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 544 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57'S, 160° 26'E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.9 km apart

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     This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)
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