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Miller Range 07411
Basic information Name: Miller Range 07411
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 07411
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 14.5 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(2)  (2010)  CB
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  CB
Recommended:  CB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites classified as CB.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CB chondrites, CH-CB family, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 18661
Approved 12 Sep 2010
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Writeup from AMN 33(2):
Sample Number MIL 07411
Newsletter 33,2
Location Miller Range
Field Number 18661
Dimensions 3.0 x 1.5 x 1.0
Weight 14.52
Original Classification CB Chondrite
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
This meteorite is very friable and consists mainly of large (>5mm) rusty chondrules and lesser amounts of rusting gray matrix.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of one 2.5 mm metal chondrule and chondrule fragments. Chondrule fragments up to 0.5 mm are dominated by radiating pyroxene textures with olivine present. Silicates are magnesian (Fa1-18, Fs1-4Wo0.1-7). The meteorite is a CB chondrite and may be paired with MIL 05082 and MIL 07588.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 07411
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07411 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07411 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07411 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07411 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5x Magnification 
Data from:
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Date:2007
Mass (g):14.5
Class:CB
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-4
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):14.5
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Institutions
   and collections		 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 33(2) (2010), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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     Recommended::   (83° 22' 46"S, 156° 11' 38"E)

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