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Dominion Range 08009
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 08009
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 08009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 5.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(1)  (2010)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 641 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Feb 2010
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Writeup from AMN 33(1):
Sample Number DOM 08009
Pairing  
Newsletter 33,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 18274
Dimensions 2.0 x 1.75 x 1.75
Weight 5.230
Original Classification CM2 Chondrite
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
The exterior is a dull brown color with polygonal fractures. The dark brown to black interior has <mm sized white inclusions.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan, and Tim McCoy
The section consists of a few small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm), mineral grains, and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal, sulfide and carbonate grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa1-4 pyroxene is Fs1-21. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 08009
dom08009,0,1,3i.jpg  dom08009,010e.jpg  dom08009,010n.jpg  dom08009,010s.jpg 
dom08009,010w.jpg 
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 9:
Mass (g):5.2
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%): 1-4
Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-21
Classifier:SI
Type spec location:JSC, SI
Main mass:JSC
Comments:Fracturing B/C
Institutions
   and collections		 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 45041 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)

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