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Frontier Mountain 90011
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 90011
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90011
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass:help 1.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 73  (1992)  Acapulcoite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Lodranite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites
Data from:
  MB73
  Table 3
  Line 8:
Mass (g):1.8
Class:cf. Acapulco
Fayalite (mol%):9.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.6
Classifier:A. Maras and M. Serracino (CSGIC-CNR, Rome, Italy) and G. R. Levi-Dona­ti (I.T.I.S. `A. Volta,' Perugia, Italy)
Comments:MnO/FeO = 0.07. Coarse-grained, granular texture. No chondrules
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 57' 18"S, 160° 28' 24"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.1 km apart

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     This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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