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Dominion Range 10257
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 10257
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 10257
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 11.7 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 37(1)  (2014)  CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  CV3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 46(1)  (2023)  CVred3.6
Recommended:  CVred3.6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites classified as CVred3.6.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Feb 2014
Revised 27 Mar 2024: Reclassified in AMN 46(1)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 37(1):
Sample Number DOM 10257
Newsletter 37,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 20362
Dimensions 2.5 x 1.4 x 2.0
Weight 11.72
Original Classification CV3 chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 0-3; Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-8
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite
The exterior has brown/black fusion crust with some oxidation and some chondrules/inclusions visible. The interior is dark gray to black with abundant rusty inclusions, chondrules and metal.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Linda Welzenbach, Pamela Salyer and Tim McCoy
The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark, weathered matrix. Olivines range from Fa0-3 and Fs1-8. The meteorite is an unequilibrated CV3 chondrite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 10257
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10257 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10257 in Reflected Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10257 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10257 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10257 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10257 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 10257 Displaying North Orientation. 
Data from:
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Date:2010
Mass (g):11.7
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):0-3
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-8
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):11.7
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 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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