Name: Dominion Range 18071 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DOM 18071 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 43.3 g
The exterior is a black to dark gray color and is heavily fractured and pitted. Small inclusions/chondrules are visible on the exposed areas. It has a coarse grained texture and minor oxidation. No fusion crust is present. The interior is a dark gray to black fined grained matrix with some light/weathered inclusions/chondrules, oxidation and a thin band of evaporites is visible.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section consists of numerous small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Aqueous alteration of the matrix is substantial, but the chondrules are only minimally altered. Olivine compositions are Fa1-58, pyroxene is Fs1-12. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.
JSC: Mailcode KT, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 3 Sep 2013) 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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This is 1 of 239 approved meteorites from Antarctica, Antarctica
This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)