Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 01050

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Frontier Mountain 01050

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 01050
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 01050
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 3.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	H4-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4-6
Recommended:			H4-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as H4-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 2
  Line 34:

Latitude:	72°59'24"S
Longitude:	160°24'26"E
Mass (g):	3.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-6
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):	16-26
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12-17
Classifier:	A. Burroni, C. Ferraris and L. Folco
Main mass:	MNA-SI
Comments:	br

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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(72° 59' 24"S, 160° 24' 26"E)

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

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