Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Miller Range 03368

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Miller Range 03368

Basic information

Name: Miller Range 03368
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 03368
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 80.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 28(1)	(2005)	Diogenite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	Diogenite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Diogenite
Recommended:			Diogenite [explanation]

This is 1 of 498 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Field number: 13943

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 28(1):

Sample No.:	MIL 03368
Location:	Miller Range
Field No.:	13943
Dimensions (cm):	3.5x3.5x5.0
Weight (g):	80.930
Meteorite Type:	Diogenite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
50% of the exterior has chocolate brown fusion crust. The exposed interior is yellow brown in color with small, dark clasts. The interior is brecciated with numerous clasts (cm sized). Clasts vary in size and color with some being rusty and having crystalline rims. Fractures are visible.

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


Cross-Polarized Light	Plane-Polarized Light

The section shows a groundmass of coarse (up to 5 mm) comminuted pyroxene, with minor olivine. Orthopyroxene has a composition of Fs₂₇Wo₃ and olivine is Fa₂₉. The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~30. The meteorite is a diogenite.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 676:

Mass (g):	80.93
Class:	Dio
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	29
Ferrosilite (mol%):	27

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(1) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(83° 20' 57"S, 156° 17' 6"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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