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Dominion Range 03238

Basic information

Name: Dominion Range 03238
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 03238
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 54.2 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 28(2)	(2005)	CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	CO3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 41(1)	(2018)	CO3-an
Recommended:			CO3-an [explanation]

This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as CO3-an. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2005
Revised 3 Jun 2019: reclassified in AMN 41(1)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 28(2):

Sample No.:	DOM 03238
Location:	Dominion Range
Field No.:	14904
Dimensions (cm):	4.0x3.5x3.0
Weight (g):	54.246
Meteorite Type:	CO3 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Exterior is completely covered with dull black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The interior is mostly rusty with high metal and light colored chondrules stained with rust.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section consists 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 Fa_1-55, with a continuous range of intermediate compositions and a slight peak at Fa_0-2. A single pyroxene is Fs₁. The meteorite is a CO3 chondrite, probably of relatively low petrologic type.


DOM 03238 Cross-Polarized Light	DOM 03238 Reflected Light	DOM 03238 Reflected Light

Writeup from AMN 41(1):

DOM 03238: reclassification

Listed by Choe et al. (2010) as CO3-anomalous, magnetite-bearing.

Bibliography:

Choe W. H., Huber H., Rubin A.E., Kallemeyn G. W., and Wasson J. T. (2010) Compositions and taxonomy of 15 unusual carbonaceous chondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 45, 531-554 (link)

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 4
  Line 104:

Mass (g):	54.2
Class:	CO3
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-55
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(2) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 41(1) (2018), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)

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Photos:

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Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above
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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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