Sample Petrographic Description
| Sample Number | MIL 11097 |
| Newsletter | 36,1 |
| Location | Miller Range |
| Field Number | 22586 |
| Dimensions (cm) | 5.0 x 3.0 x 3.5 |
| Weight (g) | 69.63 |
| Original Classification | CV3 Chondrite |
| Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
| Fayalite (mol%): 0-94;Ferrosilite (mol%): 48 | |
| Weathering | |
| Be | |
| Fracturing | |
| A/B | |
| Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
| 50% of the exterior surface has patches of fusion crust, that exhibit polygonal fractures and evaporites. The interior matrix is black with a light gray oxidation rind and light inclusions. | |
| Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan | |
| The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 2 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. The section is moderately weathered. Olivines range from Fa0-94, and pyroxene is Fs48Wo51. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a CV3. | |
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| Field photo image(s) courtesy of the ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah | ||||
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