Sample Petrographic Description
| Sample Number | MIL 15381 |
| Newsletter | 39,2 |
| Location | Miller Range |
| Field Number | 24037 |
| Dimensions (cm) | 6.5 x 5.0 x 3.5 |
| Weight (g) | 181.02 |
| Original Classification | CV3 Chondrite |
| Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
| Fayalite (mol%): 0-5;Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-2 | |
| Weathering | |
| B/Ce | |
| Fracturing | |
| B/C | |
| Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk, Cecilia Satterwhite | |
| The black fusion crust covers 35% of the exterior, evaporites are present. The meteorite is heavily fractured and the exposed surface is black/brown with minor orange rust and chondrules. The black matrix has orange rust throughout with 1-2 mm sized white and gray inclusions, some shiny metal is visible. | |
| Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
| This section exhibits large chondrules (up to 2 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa0-5 and pyroxenes from Fs1-2. 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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