Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 03043

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Frontier Mountain 03043

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 03043
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 03043
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 6.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	H4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4-5
Recommended:			H4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 approved meteorites classified as H4-5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 3
  Line 44:

Date:	28 Dec 2003
Latitude:	72°57'06.9"S
Longitude:	160°31'11.4"W
Mass (g):	6.32
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.9
Magnetic suscept.:	5.14
Classifier:	A. M. Fioretti and R. Carampin, Pad
Main mass:	MNA-SI

Institutions
and collections

MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(72° 57' 7"S, 160° 31' 11"E)

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

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