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Miller Range 13139
Basic information Name: Miller Range 13139
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 13139
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 2.94 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 38(2)  (2015)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Field number: 22244
Approved 28 Aug 2015
Revised 28 Oct 2019: Corrected mass, per JSC
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Writeup from AMN 38(2):
Sample Number MIL 13139
Newsletter 38,2
Location Miller Range
Field Number 22244
Dimensions 1.7 x 1.2 x 1.0
Weight 2.94
Original Classification CM2 Chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 0-28
Macroscopic Description - Mitchell Haller
A patch of black fusion crust covers 5% of the exterior. Areas without fusion crust have a porous greenish tint with minor fractures. The interior is a black matrix with gray inclusions/chondrules. Greenish color is visible around the edges near the exterior.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section consists of a few small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-28. Aqueous alteration of the matrix and chondrules is substantial. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 13139
Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13139   Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13139 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13139 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13139 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13139 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13139 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13139 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification 
Data from:
  MB104
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Date:2013
Mass (g):3.0
Pieces:1
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):0-28
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):3.0
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(2) (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° 31' 29"S, 156° 57' 47"E)

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