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Miller Range 13004
Basic information Name: Miller Range 13004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 13004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 1804 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 38(2)  (2015)  Aubrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Aubrite
Recommended:  Aubrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 79 approved meteorites classified as Aubrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Aubrites, Enstatite achondrites, and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 24381
Approved 28 Aug 2015
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Writeup from AMN 38(2):
Sample Number MIL 13004
Newsletter 38,2
Location Miller Range
Field Number 24381
Dimensions 15.0 x 10.0 x 8.5
Weight 1804.30
Original Classification Aubrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 0; Ferrosilite (mol%): 0
Macroscopic Description - Mitchell Haller
Exterior has black patches of fusion crust. The rest of the exterior shows black matrix with white, black, and gray clasts. The exterior shows moderate fracturing and numerous clasts, the largest is 5.5 mm. Some minimal brown oxidation is visible on one exterior surface. The interior is has a black/gray matrix similar to the exterior but lighter. Black/gray/white inclusions and silvery metal faces are visible.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section consists of coarsely comminuted pyroxene grains up to 0.7 mm with rare olivine present. Coarse pyroxene clasts are extensively shocked, with undulose extinction and shock darkening, and are set in a matrix of finely-comminuted grains. Pyroxenes and olivine are essentially FeO-free (Fs0; Fa0). The meteorite is an aubrite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 13004
Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying Bottom Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying East Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying North Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying South Orientation 
Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying Top Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying North Top Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004 Displaying West Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 13004  
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13004 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13004 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13004 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13004 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13004 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 13004 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification 
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2013
Mass (g):1804.3
Pieces:1
Class:Aubrite
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):0
Ferrosilite (mol%):0
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):1804.3
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° 32' 57"S, 156° 56' 24"E)

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     This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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