Name: Dominion Range 08005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DOM 08005 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 88.8 g
Brown/black patches of fusion crust are visible on the exterior. A light gray matrix is exposed with vugs. The light gray matrix has large white clasts (cm sized) and some small (1-2 mm) dark gray inclusions. The meteorite is friable with no metal.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
This meteorite is dominated by fine-grained (~200 micron average grain size) basaltic material which occurs as both the host and clasts within the meteorite. Occasional coarser-grained clasts, with grain sizes up to 1 mm, are observed. Mineral compositions are homogeneous with orthopyroxene (Fs62Wo2), with lamellae of augite (Fs26Wo43), and plagioclase (An89Or0.5). The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~29. The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite.
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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