Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90163

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Frontier Mountain 90163

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90163
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90163
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 24.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 77	(1994)	L4-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4-6
Recommended:			L4-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB77
  Table 4
  Line 1:

Mass (g):	24.05
Class:	L4-6
Fayalite (mol%):	25.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.9
Classifier:	P. A. Bland and L. Folco, The Open University and University of Siena, Italy
Comments:	Breccia

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(72° 59' 27"S, 160° 22' 33"E)
Recommended::	(72° 57' 16"S, 160° 30' 34"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 6 km apart

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

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