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Miller Range 11296
Basic information Name: Miller Range 11296
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 11296
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 74.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 36(1)  (2013)  Howardite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Field number: 22562
Approved 25 Feb 2013
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Writeup from AMN 102:
Sample Number MIL 11296
Newsletter 36,1
Location Miller Range
Field Number 22562
Dimensions 5.7 x 3.2 x 2.5
Weight 74.20
Original Classification Howardite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Ferrosilite (mol%): 15-47
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite
90% of the exterior has brown/black fusion crust with some gray matrix visible. The interior is a light gray matrix with minor oxidation and small white, gray, black and rusty grains.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan and Andrew Beck
The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (up to 0.5 mm) with large diogenitic pyroxene grains up to 3 mm. The section shows numerous impact features such as glass and sulfide clusters. Most of the pyroxene is orthopyroxene with compositions ranging from Fs15-47Wo2-45(most Wo2-10). Plagioclase is An86-94Or0-1. The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~28. This meteorite is a howardite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 11296
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Reflected Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 11296 Displaying Splits  Lab Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11296 in Plane-Polarized Light 
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
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Date:2011
Mass (g):74.2
Pieces:1
Class:Howardite
Weathering grade:A/B
Ferrosilite (mol%):15-47
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):74.2
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 36(1) (2013), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (83° 26' 55"S, 156° 35' 31"E)

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