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Miller Range 090937
Basic information Name: Miller Range 090937
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 090937
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 29.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 35(1)  (2012)  LL5
AMN 35(2)  (2012)  Mesosiderite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Mesosiderite
MB 101  (2012)  Mesosiderite
Recommended:  Mesosiderite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 233 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite.   [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 20109
Approved 25 Feb 2012
Revised 4 Sep 2012: Reclassified in AMN 35(2)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 35(2):
Correction:

MIL 090937 is a metamorphosed mesosiderite. MIL 090936 is an LL5 (these were switched), classified by oil immersion. MIL 090937 was originally reported in the Spring 2012 (35,1) newsletter.
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1089:
Date:2009
Mass (g):29.2
Pieces:1
Class:Mesosiderite
Weathering grade:C
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):29.2
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:Submitted by AMN
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 35(1) (2012), JSC, Houston
Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 35(2) (2012), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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     Recommended::   (83° 18' 25"S, 155° 26' 35"E)

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     This is 1 of 43698 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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