Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90006

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Frontier Mountain 90006

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90006
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 18.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 73	(1992)	L(LL)3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L/LL3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L/LL3
Recommended:			L/LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB73
  Table 3
  Line 4:

Mass (g):	18.26
Class:	L(LL)3
Fayalite (mol%):	0.0-56.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2.6-6.2
Classifier:	A. Maras and M. Serracino (CSGIC-CNR, Rome, Italy) and G. R. Levi-Donati (I.T.I.S. `A. Volta,' Perugia, Italy)
Comments:	Shocked

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
Recommended::	(72° 58' 23"S, 160° 29' 4"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.1 km apart

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

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