Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Frontier Mountain 90168

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Frontier Mountain 90168

Basic information

Name: Frontier Mountain 90168
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: FRO 90168
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by EUROMET and PNRA]
Mass: 14.3 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 604 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites

Data from:
  MB77
  Table 4
  Line 6:

Mass (g):	14.26
Class:	Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):	20(core)-3(rim)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16
Classifier:	R. Hutchison and E. Grant, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Comments:	paired with FRO 90036. Olivines are mosaiced, indicating a high degree of shock. Rare pyroxenes are Wo1-3En83Fs16, contains Fe3Si, also troilite

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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' 18"S, 160° 26' 46"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43332 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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