Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90202

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Frontier Mountain 90202

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90202
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90202
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 9.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 75	(1993)	H3.9/4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.9
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.9/4
Recommended:			H3.9/4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as H3.9/4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB75
  Table 4
  Line 39:

Mass (g):	9.73
Class:	H3.9/4
Shock stage:	S4
Fayalite (mol%):	19.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.3

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (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 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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