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Frontier Mountain 93034
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 93034
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 93034
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass:help 7.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 824 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 41:
Latitude:72°59'23"S
Longitude:160°24'28"E
Mass (g):7.28
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:B
Classifier:S. Russell (NHM)
Institutions
   and collections		 NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
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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° 59' 23"S, 160° 24' 28"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 23"S, 160° 24' 28"E)

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