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Frontier Mountain 93008
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 93008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 93008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass:help 12 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (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
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 20:
Latitude:72°57'16"S
Longitude:160°26'16"E
Mass (g):12.01
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):14.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.7
Classifier:R. Carampin, A. M. Fioretti, and G. Molin (UPad)
Institutions
   and collections		 UPad: Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse-CNR, University di Padova, Italy (institutional address)
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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° 57' 16"S, 160° 26' 16"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 16"S, 160° 26' 16"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.3 m apart

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