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Frontier Mountain 01094
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 01094
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01094
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 3.7 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L/LL3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  LL(L)3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL/L3
Recommended:  L/LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 4
  Line 20:
Latitude:72°57'13"S
Longitude:160°27'11"E
Mass (g):3.7
Pieces:1
Class:LL(L)3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):1-17
Ferrosilite (mol%):3-20
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 57' 13"S, 160° 27' 11"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 13"S, 160° 27' 11"E)

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     This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)
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