Name: Dominion Range 18567 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DOM 18567 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 12.4 g
The fusion crust is slightly rough and black with iridescent weathering spots. The exposed interior appears light grey. The interior has a black matrix with dark, light, and rusty grey inclusions up to 2 mm.
Thin Section Description -
The section exhibits numerous small, well-defined chondrules (up to 1.5 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is abundant. The meteorite is modestly weathered. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa5-44 and pyroxenes from Fs2-20. The meteorite is an H3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.5).
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 18567
Field Photo(s) :
Field photo image(s) courtesy of the ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 18567
Lab Photo(s) :
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 18567
Thin Section Photo(s) :
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0:
Date:
2018
Latitude:
-85.7071
Longitude:
166.878
Mass (g):
12.438
Pieces:
1
Class:
H3.5
Weathering grade:
A/B
Fayalite (mol%):
5-44
Ferrosilite (mol%):
2-20
Magnetic suscept.:
4.2
Classifier:
SI
Type spec mass (g):
12.438
Type spec location:
JSC
Main mass:
JSC
Finder:
ANSMET
Comments:
EMPA; 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)
Catalogs:
Search for this meteorite in the NASA/JSC database (U.S.):
12.4 g
