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Miller Range 11285
Basic information Name: Miller Range 11285
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 11285
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 0.9 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 38(1)  (2015)  CH3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  CH3
Recommended:  CH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CH3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CH chondrites, CH-CB family, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 22554
Approved 12 Feb 2015
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Writeup from AMN 38(1):
Sample Number MIL 11285
Newsletter 38,1
Location Miller Range
Field Number 22554
Dimensions 1.0 x 0.75 x 0.75
Weight 0.85
Original Classification CH3 Chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 2-40; Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-4
Weathering
B
Fracturing
A
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
The exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite is rusty and dull.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy, Pamela Salyer
The section consists of an aggregate of very small chondrules (less than 0.2 mm), mineral fragments, and metal. Most olivine and pyroxene grains appear quite reduced (less than Fa5 or Fs4), although some FeO-rich olivine grains are present (up to Fa40). The meteorite is a CH3 chondrite similar to and could potentially be paired with MIL 090586.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 11285
Lab Group Photo of Sample MIL 11285 Displaying North Orientation  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11285 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11285 in Reflected Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11285 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11285 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11285 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 11285 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Date:2011
Mass (g):0.9
Pieces:1
Class:CH3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):2-40
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-4
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):0.9
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 38(1) (2015), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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     Recommended::   (83° 26' 28"S, 156° 33' 40"E)

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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