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Dominion Range 14169
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 14169
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 14169
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 20 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 39(1)  (2016)  Howardite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Approved 27 Feb 2016
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 39(1):
Sample Number DOM 14169
Newsletter 39,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 23536
Dimensions 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.0
Weight 20.05
Original Classification Howardite
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Ferrosilite (mol%): 22-62
Weathering
AE
Fracturing
B
Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk
65% of the exterior is covered with black fusion crust and some minor evaporites. Fractures penetrate the surface. The exposed interior is gray with white and yellow inclusions (up to 3 mm in size). The interior is a gray matrix with dark gray, white and beige inclusions.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (up to 0.5 mm) with fine- to coarse-grained basaltic clasts ranging up to 3 mm. Most of the pyroxene is orthopyroxene with compositions ranging from Fs22-62Wo1-8 (most Fs20-30), with augite of Fs27-31Wo42. The meteorite is a howardite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 14169
Lab Photo of Sample DOM 14169   Lab Photo of Sample DOM 14169 Displaying East Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 14169 Displaying North Orientation  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 14169 Displaying South Orientation 
Lab Photo of Sample DOM 14169 Displaying West Orientation  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 14169 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 14169 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 14169 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 14169 in Plane-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 14169 in Reflected Light with 5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 14169 in Cross-Polarized Light with 5X Magnification 
Data from:
  MB105
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Date:2014
Mass (g):20
Pieces:1
Class:Howardite
Weathering grade:Ae
Ferrosilite (mol%):22-62
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):20
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 39(1) (2016), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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