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: 104.6 g
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.
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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