Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90028

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Frontier Mountain 90028

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90028
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90028
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 18.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 72	(1992)	L?3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L?3
Recommended:			L(?)3 [explanation]

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

Data from:
  MB72
  Table 5
  Line 15:

Mass (g):	18.75
Class:	L(?)3
Fayalite (mol%):	0.7-39.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.8-16.8
Classifier:	R. Hutchison (Natural History Museum, London), S. J. B. Reed (Cambridge University) and P. Bland (The Open University, Milton Keynes)
Main mass:	EUROMET
Finder:	EUROMET team of four, supported by Italy and its Terra Nova base
Comments:	melt veins/pockets

Institutions
and collections

Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 13"S, 160° 30' 34"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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