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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | MIL 03377; MIL 03442; MIL 05024; MIL 05104 |
| Location: | Miller Range |
| Field No.: | 13602; 13285; 18062; 18051 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 5.0x5.0x3.0; 5.0x3.0x2.0; 4.9x4.6x3.2; 4.0x3.0x2.0 |
| Weight (g): | 129.750; 63.835; 196.630; 41.018 |
| Meteorite Type: | C03 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride and Cecilia Satterwhite
Exterior surfaces are covered with smooth chocolate brown to black fusion crust. The interiors range from hard to soft black rusty matrix with dark and light colored chondrules/inclusions.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The sections are so similar that a single description suffices. The sections consist of abundant small (up to 1 mm) chondrules, chondrule fragments and mineral grains in a dark matrix. Metal and sulfide occur within and rimming the chondrules. Olivine ranges in composition from Fa0-55, with a continuous range of intermediate compositions and a slight peak at Fa1-5. Pyroxene is Fs1-2. The meteorites are CO3 chondrites.
Thin Section Images
| Cross-Polarized Light MIL 03377 | Plane-Polarized Light MIL 03377 | Cross-Polarized Light MIL 03442 | Plane-Polarized Light MIL 03442 |
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| Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05024 | Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05024 | Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05104 | Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05104 |
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