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Miller Range 15059
Basic information Name: Miller Range 15059
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 15059
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 111.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 42(2)  (2019)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 840 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 14 Aug 2019
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Writeup from AMN 42(2):
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State/Prov/County:Antarctica
Date:2015
Latitude:-83.1919
Longitude:156.513
Mass (g):111.82
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):10-37
Ferrosilite (mol%):23-25
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):111.82
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:Submitted by AMN
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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 42(2) (2019), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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     Recommended::   (83° 11' 31"S, 156° 30' 47"E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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