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Miller Range 03377

Basic information

Name: Miller Range 03377
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 03377
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 129.8 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 29(2)	(2006)	CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 92	(2007)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 586 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Field number: 13602
Approved 1 Sep 2006

Writeup

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Writeup from AMN 29(2):

Sample No.:	MIL 03377; MIL 03442; MIL 05024; MIL 05104
Location:	Miller Range
Field No.:	13602; 13285; 18062; 18051
Dimensions (cm):	5.0x5.0x3.0; 5.0x3.0x2.0; 4.9x4.6x3.2; 4.0x3.0x2.0
Weight (g):	129.750; 63.835; 196.630; 41.018
Meteorite Type:	C03 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride and Cecilia Satterwhite
Exterior surfaces are covered with smooth chocolate brown to black fusion crust. The interiors range from hard to soft black rusty matrix with dark and light colored chondrules/inclusions.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The sections are so similar that a single description suffices. The sections consist of abundant small (up to 1 mm) chondrules, chondrule fragments and mineral grains in a dark matrix. Metal and sulfide occur within and rimming the chondrules. Olivine ranges in composition from Fa_0-55, with a continuous range of intermediate compositions and a slight peak at Fa_1-5. Pyroxene is Fs_1-2. The meteorites are CO3 chondrites.

Thin Section Images

Cross-Polarized Light MIL 03377	Plane-Polarized Light MIL 03377	Cross-Polarized Light MIL 03442	Plane-Polarized Light MIL 03442
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Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05024	Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05024	Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05104	Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05104
MIL 05024 - Cross-Polarized Light">	MIL 05024 - Plane-Polarized Light">	MIL 05104 - Cross-Polarized Light">	MIL 05104 - Plane-Polarized Light">

Lab Images

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Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 764:

Mass (g):	129.8
Class:	CO3
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-42

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(2) (2006), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)

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Photos:

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Photographs from AMN:
JSC	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(83° 27' 32"S, 156° 40' 59"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40773 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4570 unapproved names)

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