Name: Miller Range 07665 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MIL 07665 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 71.1 g
85% of the meteorite is covered with brown/black fusion crust with shiny patches. The interior is a gray to tan matrix with white and dark gray inclusions and tan clasts. There are plucked areas and more weathering than 663 and 664.
Thin Section (,4) Description - Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (up to 0.5 mm) with fine- to coarse-grained basaltic clasts ranging up to 3 mm. Large, mm-sized metal particles are relatively common in this section. Pyroxene includes diogenite-like compositions (Fs20-30Wo1-2) and eucrite-like compositions (Fs28-60Wo2-42). Plagioclase is An89-96. The meteorite is a howardite.
71.1 g
