Name: Miller Range 15516 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MIL 15516 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 3.29 g
Exterior is covered with shiny, very dark brown varnish and has some orange weathering spots. Fresh interior is black matrix with light brown, round inclusions (0.5-2mm) with almost not evidence of weathering.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
These sections are similar enough that a single description is given, although a more detailed description is warranted. These sections exhibit large chondrules (up to 3 mm) with refractory inclusions and amoeboid olivine aggregates in a dark matrix. Metal and sulfide are common in these meteorites, including a ~3 mm irregularly shaped particle in MIL 15148. Olivines range from Fa1-31, with most Fa1-5, and pyroxenes from Fs1-3. The meteorites are unequilibrated and appear to be carbonaceous chondrites, probably reduced CV3s.
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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