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Miller Range 15565

Basic information

Name: Miller Range 15565
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 15565
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 40(2)	(2017)	CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Field number: 23622
Approved 12 Sep 2017

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 40(2):

Sample Number

MIL 15565

Newsletter

40,2

Location

Miller Range

Field Number

23622

Dimensions

1.1 x 0.9 x 0.6

Weight

0.85

Original Classification

CV3 Chondrite

Pairing

MIL 15524; MIL 15565

Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs)

Fayalite (mol%): 1-28;Ferrosilite (mol%): 1

Weathering

Fracturing

Macroscopic Description - Doug Ross

25% of the exterior has black fusion crust with some gray chondrules/inclusions visible. The rusty brown interior has gray and orange chondrules with evaporites present.

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

The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa_1-28, with most Fa_1-5, and pyroxene of Fs₁. The meteorites are unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrites, probably CV3 chondrites.

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 15565

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15565 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15565 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15565 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15565 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15565 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 15565 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification

Data from:
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Date:	2015
Mass (g):	0.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-28
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1
Classifier:	SI
Type spec mass (g):	0.9
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 40(2) (2017), JSC, Houston
Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(83° 10' 49"S, 155° 50' 20"E)

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

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