Meteorite MILES - Australian IIE silicated iron (feldspathic orthopyroxenitic)

Description

MILES
Miles
Found 1992, Queensland, australia
Iron meteorite
IIE group (Silicated)
Specimen is are slices, total 1.63g, in a gem box
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Silicat of Miles meteorite have been described as feldspathic orthopyroxenitic or pyroxene-enriched basalt/gabbro...
More about the Miles silicated phase ? Click on the link to read the publication :
Origin of silicate inclusions in the Miles (IIE) iron : Minimal partial melting, maximal fractional crystallization
Or
Miles meteorite page, on the excellent David Weir "Meteoritestudies" website
Miles
Basic information
Name:
Miles
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:
There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall:
No
Year found:
1992
Country:
Australia
Mass:
265 kg
Classification
history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:
MB 77
(1994)
IIE
NHM Catalogue:
5th Edition
(2000)
IIE
MetBase:
v. 7.1
(2006)
IIE
Recommended:
Iron, IIE
This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIE.
Writeup
Writeup from
MB 77:
Miles
Queensland, Australia
Found 1992
Iron (IIE), with silicate inclusions
A mass of about 265 kg was found on open shrub farmland. Classification and analysis: 7.96%25 Ni, 0.443%25 Co, 182 ppm Cu, 26.6 ppm Ga, 9.52 ppm As, 0.86 ppm W, 100 ppb Re, 1.12 ppm Ir, 4.6 ppm Pt, 1.13 ppm Au; John T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 900241567, USA. The main mass remains in Australia, about 100 kg of it were exported with legal permission to the USA by Marvin Killgore, P. O. Box 95, Payson, Arizona 85647, USA. Information: T. Kapitany, Collectors Corner,
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