Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 84031

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Frontier Mountain 84031

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 84031
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 84031
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1984
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass: 1.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 67	(1989)	H3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 632 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB67
  Table 2
  Line 30:

Mass (g):	1.7
Class:	H3
Classifier:
Finder:	German field party during the 1984-85 field season in Antarctica, G. Delisle et al. (1985) Meteoritics 20, 635

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 59'S, 160° 20'E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 18"S, 160° 28' 24"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.6 km apart

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

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