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Miller Range 13052
Basic information Name: Miller Range 13052
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 13052
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 2.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 39(1)  (2016)  L3.6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L3.6
Recommended:  L3.6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3.6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Field number: 22669
Approved 27 Feb 2016
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Writeup from AMN 39(1):
Sample Number MIL 13052
Newsletter 39,1
Location Miller Range
Field Number 22669
Dimensions 1.9 x 0.8 x 0.6
Weight 2.18
Original Classification L3.6 Chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 1-27; Ferrosilite (mol%): 9-15
Weathering
B
Fracturing
A
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite
Black/brown fusion crust covers 90% of exterior with oxidation and rusty areas. The interior is a dark gray to black with some abundant light colored and weathered inclusions/chondrules. Some areas are very rusty.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section exhibits numerous large, well-defined chondrules (up to 2 mm) in a dark matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Minimal shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is present. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa1-27 and pyroxene is Fs9-15. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6).
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 13052
Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13052 Displaying North Orientation  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13052 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13052 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13052 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13052 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13052 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13052 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification 
Data from:
  MB105
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Date:2013
Mass (g):2.2
Pieces:1
Class:L3.6
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):1-27
Ferrosilite (mol%):9-15
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):2.2
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 39(1) (2016), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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     Recommended::   (83° 31' 47"S, 157° 5' 31"E)

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