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Miller Range 15530

Basic information

Name: Miller Range 15530
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 15530
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.7 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 40(2)	(2017)	Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 623 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites

Comments:

Field number: 25888
Approved 12 Sep 2017

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 40(2):

Sample Number

MIL 15530

Newsletter

40,2

Location

Miller Range

Field Number

25888

Dimensions

1.0 x 0.7 x 0.7

Weight

0.74

Original Classification

Ureilite

Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs)

Fayalite (mol%): 10-18;Ferrosilite (mol%): 15

Weathering

Fracturing

Macroscopic Description - Doug Ross

The exterior is shiny black. The interior contains coarse metallic inclusions.

Thin Section Description (,,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy

The section consists of an aggregate of large olivine and pyroxene grains up to 1 mm across. Individual olivine grains are rimmed by carbon-rich material containing traces of metal. Olivines have cores of Fa₁₈, with rims reduced to Fa₁₀. Pigeonite is Fs₁₅Wo₉. The meteorite is a ureilite.

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 15530

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15530 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15530 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15530 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15530 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15530 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15530 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Data from:
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Date:	2015
Mass (g):	0.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ureilite
Weathering grade:	A
Fayalite (mol%):	10-18
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15
Classifier:	SI
Type spec mass (g):	0.7
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 40(2) (2017), JSC, Houston
Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(83° 31' 32"S, 156° 59' 6"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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