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Miller Range 07710
Basic information Name: Miller Range 07710
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 07710
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 147.1 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(2)  (2010)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 17515
Approved 12 Sep 2010
Revised 15 Feb 2011: Added writeup from AMN 34(1)
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Writeup from AMN 34(1):
Sample Number MIL 07710
Newsletter 33,2
Location Miller Range
Field Number  
Dimensions  
Weight 147.13
Original Classification L4 CHONDRITE
Updated Classification  
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 23; Ferrosilite (mol%): 17-19
Weathering
B/C
Fracturing
A/B
 
Notes
The meteorite was discovered enclosed in blue ice. The meteorite and enclosed ice were collected as a coherent block and transported to JSC that way, and kept in JSC freezers until April 2010. Ice and meteorite were then transported to the Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover NH, for extraction of meteorite from the ice using cold room equipment. After removal, the meteorite was transported back to Houston, still frozen, and introduced into the Meteorite Processing Lab. It was thawed and characterized following the standard procedures for the lab, and, of course, is available for study. Samples of the enclosed ice may be available for additional studies if there is interest – please inquire with the JSC Antarctic Meteorite Curation group.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 07710
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07710 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07710 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25x Magnification  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 07710 Displaying North View  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 07710 Encased in Ice Prior to Removal in Lab 
Lab Photo of Sample MIL 07710 Protruding from Ice After Ice Block Cut in Lab 
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2007
Mass (g):147.1
Class:L4
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):23
Ferrosilite (mol%):17-19
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):147.1
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 Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 34(1) (2011), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (83° 22' 45"S, 156° 11' 56"E)

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     This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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