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Miller Range 15014

Basic information

Name: Miller Range 15014
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 15014
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 123.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 42(2)	(2019)	LL-imp melt
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	LL-imp melt
Recommended:			LL-imp melt [explanation]

This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as LL-imp melt. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 14 Aug 2019

Writeup

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Writeup from AMN 42(2):

Sample Number

MIL 15014

Newsletter

42,2

Location

Miller Range

Field Number

24095

Dimensions

5.5 x 4.3 x 3.5

Weight

123.52

Original Classification

LL Chondrite (Impt Melt)

Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs)

Fayalite (mol%): 11-31;Ferrosilite (mol%): 25

C

A

Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite

Most of exterior of this meteorite is weathered brown with some black pitted fusion crust. The interior is black matrix with brown weathered areas.

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

The section is dominated by a >1 cm region of shock melt which contains relict clasts and chondrules in a fine grained matrix with metal and sulfide blebs. A corner of the section is unmelted chondritic material of petrologic type 5 with relict chondrules. Olivines are Fa_11-31 and pyroxenes are Fs₂₅Wo₂. This meteorite is an ordinary chondrite impact melt breccia, probably an LL chondrite.

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 15014

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15014 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15014 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15014 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15014 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15014 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15014 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Lab Photo of Sample MIL 15014 Displaying North Orientation

Lab Photo of Sample MIL 15014 Displaying South Orientation

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antarctica
Date:	2015
Latitude:	-83.5236
Longitude:	157.234
Mass (g):	123.523
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL-imp melt
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	11-31
Ferrosilite (mol%):	25
Classifier:	SI
Type spec mass (g):	123.523
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 42(2) (2019), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(83° 31' 25"S, 157° 14' 2"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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