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Dominion Range 08008
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 08008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 08008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 27.1 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(1)  (2010)  Eucrite-br
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Eucrite-breccia
Recommended:  Eucrite-br    [explanation]

This is 1 of 236 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Feb 2010
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Writeup from AMN 33(1):
Sample Number DOM 08008
Pairing
Newsletter 33,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 19186
Dimensions 3.5 x 4.0 x 2.5
Weight 27.070
Original Classification Eucrite (Brecciated)
Macroscopic Description - Roger Harrington
Dull black fusion crust covers 5% of the exterior surface. The remaining 95% is a heavily pitted, light gray medium to fine-grained matrix with rust brown mottling. The interior is a light gray, medium to fine-grained matrix with dark gray mottling.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan
This meteorite is dominated by fine-grained (~200 micron average grain size) basaltic material which occurs as both the host and clasts within these meteorites. Occasional coarser-grained clasts, with grain sizes up to 2 mm, are observed. Mineral compositions are homogeneous with orthopyroxene (Fs60Wo2), with lamellae of augite (Fs26Wo43), and plagioclase (An92Or0.1). The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~34. The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 08008
DOM08008,0B.jpg  DOM08008,0E.jpg  DOM08008,0N.jpg  DOM08008,0Postchip.jpg 
DOM08008,0Pre2ndchip.jpg  DOM08008,0S.jpg  DOM08008,0T.jpg  DOM08008,0W.jpg 
DOM08008,1,3Post 2nd chip.jpg  DOM08008,3.jpg  DOM08008_2.5PPL_EUC.jpg  DOM08008_2.5XN_EUC.jpg 
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 8:
Mass (g):27.1
Class:Eucrite-breccia
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):
Ferrosilite (mol%):26-6
Classifier:SI
Type spec location:JSC, SI
Main mass:JSC
Comments:Fracturing A
Institutions
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JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 33(1) (2010), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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