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Frontier Mountain 97056
Basic information Name: Frontier Mountain 97056
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 97056
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 1.6 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L/LL3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  L(LL)3
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:
  MB84
  Table 2
  Line 105:
Latitude:72°59'26"S
Longitude:160°24'20"E
Mass (g):1.6
Pieces:1
Class:L(LL)3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):chc 1-32 mx 13-83
Ferrosilite (mol%):chc 2-33 mx 7-32
Classifier:M. Macrì, A. Maras, and M. Serracino (URoma)
Comments:sv
Institutions
   and collections		 URoma: Museo di Mineralogia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Piazzale Aldo Moro,5 I-00185 ROMA, Italy (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 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' 26"S, 160° 24' 20"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 59' 26"S, 160° 24' 20"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

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     This is 1 of 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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