Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90126

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Frontier Mountain 90126

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90126
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90126
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 1.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 74	(1993)	H3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.8
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:
  MB74
  Table 4
  Line 44:

Mass (g):	1.81
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.2
Classifier:	P. A. Bland (The Open University) and L. Folco (University of Siena)
Main mass:	Specimens and thin sections are held at The Open University, Planetary Science Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)

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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

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

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