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Dominion Range 10848
Basic information Name: Dominion Range 10848
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DOM 10848
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 104.6 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 37(1)  (2014)  H-imp melt
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H-imp melt
Recommended:  H-imp melt    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as H-imp melt.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Feb 2014
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Writeup from AMN 37(1):
Sample Number DOM 10848
Newsletter 37,1
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 21853
Dimensions 6.0 x 5.4 x 1.2
Weight 104.59
Original Classification H chondrite (impact melt)
Mineral Composition (%Fa &  %Fs)
Fayalite (mol%): 18-19; Ferrosilite (mol%): 15-16
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite
98% of the exterior is covered with pitted brown/black fusion crust with oxidation haloes. The interior is a dark gray matrix with metal and some lighter chondrules/inclusions. Some areas are a rusty brown with thick dark black veins running through the center.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Linda Welzenbach, Pamela Salyer and Tim McCoy
The section consists of shocked chondrules and chondrule fragments. Chondrules and fragments show moderate shock effects including minor mosaicism. A 6 mm wide melt vein dominates the section with metal and sulfide occurring as stringers within the vein. The vein is completely opaque. Olivine compositions are Fa18-19 and pyroxene is Fs15-16. The meteorite is an H chondrite impact melt.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 10848
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10848 in Plane-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10848 in Reflected Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10848 in Cross-Polarized Light with 1.25X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10848 in Plane-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification 
Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10848 in Reflected Light with 2.5X Magnification  Thin Section Photo of Sample DOM 10848 in Cross-Polarized Light with 2.5X Magnification  Lab Photo of Sample DOM 10848 Displaying North Orientation. 
Data from:
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Date:2010
Mass (g):104.6
Pieces:1
Class:H-imp melt
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):18-19
Ferrosilite (mol%):15-16
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):104.6
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 37(1) (2014), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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