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Dominion Range 08476
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 08476
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 08476
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 25.1 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 34(1)  (2011)  CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  CV3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 46(1)  (2023)  CVoxA3.7
Recommended:  CVoxA3.7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as CVoxA3.7.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 14 Feb 2011
Revised 27 Mar 2024: Reclassified in AMN 46(1)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 34(1):
Sample Number DOM 08476
Newsletter 34,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 18441
Dimensions 4.0 x 2.0 x 2.0
Weight 25.079
Original Classification CV3 Chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 1-40 ; Ferrosilite (mol%): 1
Weathering
A/B
Fracturing
BE
Macroscopic Description - Roger Harrington
This meteorite has dull black fusion crust over 40% of the exterior, with a trace of pale blue evaporites, probably sulfates. The interior is a dark gray fine grained matrix with <1mm light gray CAI’s throughout.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan and Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa1-40 and low-Ca pyroxene is Fs1. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a reduced CV3.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 08476
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 08476 at 1.25X Magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 08476 at 2.5X Magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 08476 at 1.25X Magnification in Reflected Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 08476 at 2.5X Magnification in Reflected Light 
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 08476 at 1.25X Magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 08476 at 2.5X Magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 08476 Displaying Group View  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 08476 Displaying Splits View 
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Date:2008
Mass (g):25.1
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):1-40
Ferrosilite (mol%):1
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):25.1
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:Submitted by AMN
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 34(1) (2011), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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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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