Name: Miller Range 05041 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MIL 05041 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 240 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
40% of the exterior is covered with brown/black rough textured fusion crust. The exterior has some vugs. The tan and white interior is soft and somewhat friable.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
The meteorite consists of coarse-grained basaltic fragments up to 1 mm set in a coarse, recrystallized matrix. Mineral compositions are homogeneous with pyroxene of Fs60Wo2 and feldspar of An89Or1. The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~30. The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite.