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Miller Range 15472

Basic information

Name: Miller Range 15472
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 15472
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 2.32 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 42(2)	(2019)	CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	CV3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 46(1)	(2023)	CVred3.6
Recommended:			CVred3.6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites classified as CVred3.6. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 14 Aug 2019
Revised 27 Mar 2024: Reclassified in AMN 46(1)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 42(2):

Sample Number

MIL 15472

Newsletter

42,2

Location

Miller Range

Field Number

23608

Dimensions

1.9x1.4x0.9

Weight

2.32

Original Classification

CV3 Chondrite

Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs)

Fayalite (mol%): 0.3-7;Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-4

Weathering

Fracturing

Macroscopic Description - Kellye Pando

Exterior is very dark brown-black with round inclusions that are 1-3 mm and are various colors including light orange, light gray and dark gray. Fresh interior looks the same as the exterior with dark matrix and round inclusions of various color.

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

This section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Fine-grained sulfides occur in the matrix. Olivines range from Fa₀._3-7, pyroxenes Fs_1-4. The meteorite is a CV3 chondrite.

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 15472

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15472 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15472 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15472 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15472 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15472 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15472 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antarctica
Date:	2015
Latitude:	-83.179
Longitude:	155.836
Mass (g):	2.32
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Weathering grade:	A
Fayalite (mol%):	0.3-7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-4
Classifier:	SI
Type spec mass (g):	2.32
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 42(2) (2019), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(83° 10' 44"S, 155° 50' 10"E)

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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