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Dominion Range 03219

Basic information

Name: Dominion Range 03219
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 03219
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 36.7 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 28(2)	(2005)	H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 695 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2005

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 28(2):

Sample No.:	DOM 03219
Location:	Dominion Range
Field No.:	14952
Dimensions (cm):	5.0x2.5x2.0
Weight (g):	36.676
Meteorite Type:	H3 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
90% of the exterior has dull brown/black fusion crust with oxidation halos. The rusty black matrix has a high metal content with a few rusty chondrules. This meteorite is hard.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section exhibits numerous small, 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 extremely abundant. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa_8-35, with most grains Fa_19-20, and pyroxenes from Fs_8-19. The meteorite is an H3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.8).


DOM 03219 Cross-Polarized Light	DOM 03219 Reflected Light	DOM 03219 Cross-Polarized Light

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 4
  Line 85:

Mass (g):	36.7
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	8-35
Ferrosilite (mol%):	8-19

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(2) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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