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Miller Range 07555
Basic information Name: Miller Range 07555
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 07555
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 2.7 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 32(2)  (2009)  CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Field number: 17973
Approved 4 Sep 2009
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Writeup from AMN 32(2):
Sample Number MIL 07555
Pairing MIL 07555; MIL 07560 MIL 07531;MIL 07552;
Newsletter 32,2
Location Miller Range
Field Number 19699
Dimensions 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.75
Weight 2.73
Original Classification CO3 Chondrite
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
Brown/black fusion crust on these meteorites range from 50-100%. Oxidation and fractures are present. The interiors are fine grained black matrix with white/weathered inclusions/chondrules.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
These meteorites 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 Fa0-51. Two pyroxene analyses range from Fs1-11. The meteorites are CO3 chondrites.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 07555
MIL 07555 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 2.5x magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  MIL 07555 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 2.5x magnification in Reflected Light  MIL 07555 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 2.5x magnification in Cross-Polarized Light 
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 508:
Mass (g):2.7
Class:CO3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):1.0-32
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.0-9
Classifier:SI
Type spec location:JSC, SI
Main mass:JSC
Comments:Fracturing A/B
Institutions
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JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 32(2) (2009), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (83° 24' 27"S, 156° 5' 20"E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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