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Miller Range 07440
Basic information Name: Miller Range 07440
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 07440
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 118.5 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 34(1)  (2011)  R4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  R4
Recommended:  R4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 67 approved meteorites classified as R4.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 17562
Approved 14 Feb 2011
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Writeup from AMN 34(1):
Sample Number MIL 07440
Newsletter 34,1
Location Miller Range
Field Number 17562
Dimensions 5.6 x 3.8 x 2.3
Weight 118.464
Original Classification R4 CHONDRITE
Updated Classification  
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 38; Ferrosilite (mol%): 10
Weathering
BE
Fracturing
A
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite
Exterior has black patches of fusion crust. Most of the exterior is gray with some evaporites. The interior is mottled gray with some darker gray areas and has a coarse grained texture.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan and Linda Welzenbach
This section consist of ~50% of well-defined (up to 1 mm) chondrules and chondrule fragments set in a slightly recrystallized matrix of silicates and sulfides (both troilite and pentlandite). Olivines (Fs10) and pyroxenes (Fa38) are nearly homogeneous. The meteorite is an R chondrite, probably of petrologic type 4.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 07440
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07440 at 2.5X Magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07440 at 2.5X Magnification in Reflected Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07440 at 2.5X Magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 07440 Displaying Top View 
Lab Photo of Sample MIL 07440 Displaying Group View 
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Date:2007
Mass (g):118.5
Pieces:1
Class:R4
Weathering grade:Be
Fayalite (mol%):38
Ferrosilite (mol%):10
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):118.5
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 34(1) (2011), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (83° 23' 7"S, 156° 13' 37"E)

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