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Miller Range 07259
Basic information Name: Miller Range 07259
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MIL 07259
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 3.5 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 34(1)  (2011)  Acapulcoite/lodranite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  Acapulcoite/lodranite
Recommended:  Acapulcoite/lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite/lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Primitive achondrites
Comments: Field number: 18332
Approved 14 Feb 2011
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Writeup from AMN 34(1):
Sample Number MIL 07259
Newsletter 34,1
Location Miller Range
Field Number 18332
Dimensions 2.0 x 1.5 x 0.5
Weight 3.51
Original Classification Acapul/Lodran
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 12 ; Ferrosilite (mol%): 4-11
Weathering
C
Fracturing
B
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
The rough exterior is covered with rusty fusion crust. The interior is rusty black with some tiny inclusions.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of an equigranular aggregate of olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, and metal with minor sulfide and chromite, with an average grain size of 0.5 mm. Olivine (Fa12) and pyroxene (Fs4-11) are homogeneous. Six calcic pyroxene grains were analyzed (Fs4). Feldspars are also homogeneous (An12Or4). The meteorite is probably a transitional acapulcoite-lodranite similar to, e.g., GRA 95209. This is most likely paired with MIL 07409.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 07259
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 1.25X Magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 2.5X Magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 1.25X Magnification in Reflected Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 2.5X Magnification in Reflected Light 
Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 1.25X Magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 2.5X Magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample MIL 07259 at 2.5X Magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  Lab Photo of Sample MIL 07259 Displaying North View 
Data from:
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Date:2007
Mass (g):3.5
Pieces:1
Class:Acapulcoite/lodranite
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):12
Ferrosilite (mol%):4-11
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):3.5
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:Submitted by AMN
Institutions
   and collections		 JSC: Mailcode KT, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 3 Sep 2013)
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 34(1) (2011), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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     Recommended::   (83° 22' 54"S, 156° 14' 6"E)

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