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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | MIL 05076 |
| Location: | Miller Range |
| Field No.: | 18155 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 4.0x3.0x2.0 |
| Weight (g): | 59.524 |
| Meteorite Type: | L3 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
100% of the exterior surface has smooth brown/black pitted fusion crust. The interior is dark brown to black matrix with small light colored chondrules.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
The section exhibits numerous well-defined chondrules (up to 1.5 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present.
Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is present. The meteorite is moderately weathered. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa3-33 and pyroxenes from
Fs5-31. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.5).
Thin Section Images
| Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05076 |
Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05076 |
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