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Dominion Range 10088
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 10088
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 10088
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 34 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 37(1)  (2014)  EL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  EL6
Recommended:  EL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 136 approved meteorites classified as EL6.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 23 Feb 2014
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Writeup from AMN 37(1):
Sample Number DOM 10088
Newsletter 37,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 17204
Dimensions 6.25 x 3.25 x 1.0
Weight 33.97
Original Classification EL6 chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Ferrosilite (mol%): 0-1
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
This enstatite chondrite has no fusion crust on the exterior. The interior is gray with some rust and a black vein. Some gray chondrules are visible.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Linda Welzenbach, Pamela Salyer and Tim McCoy
No traces of chondritic structure are visible in the thin section, which shows the meteorite to consist largely of comminuted or granular enstatite (grain size 0.1-0.2 mm), a considerable amount of nickel-iron, and minor amounts of sulfides and plagioclase. The meteorite is mildly weathered. Microprobe analyses show that the enstatite is almost pure MgSiO3 (FeO 0.1-0.3%); on average, the nickel-iron contains 0.9% Si. The meteorite is an EL6 chondrite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 10088
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10088 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10088 in Reflected Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10088 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10088 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10088 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10088 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 10088 Displaying North Orientation. 
Data from:
  MB103
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Date:2010
Mass (g):34
Pieces:1
Class:EL6
Weathering grade:B/C
Ferrosilite (mol%):0-1
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):34
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:Submitted by AMN
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 37(1) (2014), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 45500 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)

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