Name: Miller Range 03356 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MIL 03356 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 444 g
Macroscopic Description: Tim McCoy, Lisa Collins This slipper-shaped meteorite has a smooth exterior surface partially (30-50%) covered by fusion crust which exhibits prominent flow lines. Prominent fracturing, which follows the Widmänstatten structure, extends to the interior along the end opposite the nose. An interesting feature is the presence of two holes, about 1 mm in diameter and of depth equal to or greater than the diameter, one of which contains a single euhedral metal crystal.
Microscopic Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach The meteorite was examined from a cut and etched surface, which bisected the larger end or nose of the specimen. The surface exhibits prominent kamacite lamellae (L/W ~20) with bandwidths less than 0.2-0.3 mm set in approximately 40-50% plessite fields. Rare, very small troilite inclusions, up to 1 mm are present. An elongate needle, 2.5 mm long, of chromite(?) is also present. The meteorite appears to have been extensively shocked and exhibits α2 structure throughout the meteorite and prominent Neumann bands in many of the kamacite lamellae. A thin fusion crust is preserved over much of the surface, and a heat altered zone approximately 0.5 mm thick underlies that fusion crust. The meteorite is similar to the IVA iron Duchesne.