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Sample Number DOM 08012
Pairing
Newsletter 32,2
Location Dominion Range
Field Number 18223
Dimensions 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5
Weight 18.55
Original Classification Ureilite
Macroscopic Description - Roger Harrington
Dull black mottled brown fusion crust covers 40% of the exterior surface. The remaining 60% is a black to brown, coarse to fine grained matrix. The interior is a dark gray, medium to fine grained matrix.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of an aggregate of large (up to 2.5 mm) olivine grains. Individual olivine grains are rimmed by carbon-rich material containing traces of metal. Metal forms veins between olivines. Olivine has cores of Fa22, with rims reduced to Fa3. The meteorite is a ureilite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 08012
DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Sample Splits  DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Bottom View  DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing East View  DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing North View 
DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing South View  DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Top View  DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing West View  DOM 08012 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Sample Splits 
DOM 08012 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 5x magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  DOM 08012 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 5x magnification in Cross-Polarized Light