Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 93049

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Frontier Mountain 93049

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 93049
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 93049
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 10.6 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H3.6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.6
Recommended:			H3.6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites classified as H3.6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 50:

Latitude:	72°59'23"S
Longitude:	160°24'28"E
Mass (g):	10.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3.6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Classifier:	C. Smith and 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)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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