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Miller Range 05139
Basic information Name: Miller Range 05139
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 05139
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 10.6 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 29(2)  (2006)  EH3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  EH3
Recommended:  EH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 141 approved meteorites classified as EH3.   [show all]
Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 18161
Approved 1 Sep 2006
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 29(2):
Sample No.: MIL 05139
Location: Miller Range
Field No.: 18161
Dimensions (cm):   3.0x2.0x1.25
Weight (g): 10.603
Meteorite Type: EH3 Chondrite


Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
50% of the exterior has smooth brown/black fusion crust. The interior is a rusty brown color that is very weathered and crumbles easily.


Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section shows an aggregate of chondrules (up to 1 mm), chondrule fragments, and pyroxene grains in a matrix of about 30% metal and sulfide. Chondrules contain moderate to small abundances of olivine. Microprobe analyses show the olivine is Fa2 and pyroxene is Fs0-3. Metal contains ~0.6 wt. % Si. The meteorite is a type 3 enstatite chondrite, probably an EH3.



Thin Section Images

Cross-Polarized LightPlane-Polarized LightReflected Light
MIL 05139 - Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05139 - Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05139 - Reflected Light



Lab Images

MIL 05139 Image North

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 943:
Mass (g):10.6
Class:EH3
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):2
Ferrosilite (mol%):0-3
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(2) (2006), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (83° 17' 57"S, 155° 45' 25"E)

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     This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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