Name: Dominion Range 19068 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DOM 19068 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 3.04 g
80% of exterior is covered by fusion crust that is dark brown and has some white spots that might be evaporites. Exposed surfaces are dark brown with dark orange rust spots all over. Fresh interior is very dark brown-black matrix with white and light brown inclusions. Shiny metals are visible throughout.
Thin Section Description (,,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The sections consist of abundant small (up to 1 mm) chondrules, chondrule fragments, CAIs, and mineral grains in a dark matrix. Metal and sulfide occur within and rimming the chondrules. Olivine ranges in composition from Fa0-60. Pyroxene analyses range from Fs0-33. Terrestrial weathering effects are modest. Meteorites are similar enough that one description suffices, and they are likely paired. The meteorites are CO3 chondrites and may be members of the larger Dominion Range CO3 pairing group (named for DOM 08004).
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 19068
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Field photo image(s) courtesy of the ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah
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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