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Dominion Range 18166

Basic information

Name: Dominion Range 18166
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 18166
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 24.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 42(2)	(2019)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 14 Aug 2019

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 42(2):

Sample Number

DOM 18166

Newsletter

42,2

Location

Dominion Range

Field Number

24234

Dimensions

3.0 x 2.5 x 1.8

Weight

24.93

Original Classification

L5 Chondrite

Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs)

Fayalite (mol%): 24;Ferrosilite (mol%): 20

Weathering

A/B

Fracturing

Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite

Exterior of this meteorite is gray with some rusty oxidation and fractures. The interior is a fine grained mottled light/dark gray matrix with some light minerals, metal and oxidation.

Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy

The meteorite is an L5 chondrite that is cross-cut by shock veins and has metal and sulfide melt blebs throughout. Olivines are Fa₂₄, pyroxenes are Fs₂₀.

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 18166

Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 18166 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 18166 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification

Lab Photo of Sample DOM 18166 Displaying East Orientation

Lab Photo of Sample DOM 18166 Displaying South Orientation

Lab Photo of Sample DOM 18166 Displaying Splits East Orientation

Lab Photo of Sample DOM 18166 Displaying West Orientation

Lab Photo of Sample DOM 18166 Displaying Bottom Orientation

Lab Photo of Sample DOM 18166 Displaying North Orientation

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antarctica
Date:	2018
Latitude:	-85.6640
Longitude:	167.1500
Mass (g):	24.927
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	24
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20
Classifier:	SI
Type spec mass (g):	24.927
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 42(2) (2019), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(85° 39' 50"S, 167° 9' 0"E)

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