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Dominion Range 10621
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 10621
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 10621
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 45.9 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 37(2)  (2014)  LL3.6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  LL3.6
Recommended:  LL3.6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as LL3.6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 8 Sep 2014
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Writeup from AMN 37(2):
Sample Number DOM 10621
Newsletter 37,2
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 21226
Dimensions 4.5 x 2.7 x 2.0
Weight 45.87
Original Classification LL3.6 Chondrite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 21-40; ferrosilite (mol%): 3-32
Weathering
B
Fracturing
A/B
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite
Black/brown fusion is present over 60% of the exterior with oxidation and some large inclusions/chondrules visible. The dark gray to black matrix has abundant inclusions/chondrules that are lighter than the matrix. Some minor metal and oxidation is visible.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Linda Welzenbach, Pamela Salyer
The section exhibits numerous, well-defined chondrules (up to 3 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, troilite and rare metal. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is abundant. The meteorite is moderately weathered. Weak shock effects are present. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa21-40, with most grains clustered at Fa17 or Fa30, and pyroxenes from Fs3-32. The meteorite is an LL3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6).
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 10621
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10621 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10621 in Reflected Light with 1.25x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10621 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10621 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5x Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10621 in Reflected Light with 2.5x Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10621 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5x Magnification  Lab Group Photo of Sample DOM 10621 Displaying North Orientation 
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Date:2010
Mass (g):45.9
Pieces:1
Class:LL3.6
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):21-40
Ferrosilite (mol%):3-32
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):45.9
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(2) (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.

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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