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Sample Petrographic Description

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 08006
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 08006
Lab Photo(s) :

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample DOM 08006
Thin Section Photo(s) :

Antarctic Meteorite Scans for Sample DOM 08006

XCT Scan(s) :

XCT Scan of Sample DOM 08006

References for Sample DOM08006
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Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D., & Sava, B., 2021, Nano-FTIR spectroscopic identification of prebiotic carbonyl compounds in Dominion Range 08006 carbonaceous chondrite. Scientific reports, 11, 9-Jan, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91200-8.
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Zega, T., Haencour, P., Floss, C., 2020, An in situ investigation on the origins and processing of circumstellar oxide and silicate grains in carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 55, 1207-1227, doi: 10.1111/maps.13418.
Ma, C., Krot, A. N., Beckett, J. R., Nagashima, K., Tschauner, O., Rossman, G. R., Simon, S. B., Bischoff, A., 2020, Warkite, Ca2Sc6Al6O20, a new mineral in carbonaceous chondrites and a key-stone phase in ultrarefractory inclusions from the solar nebula. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 277, 52-86, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.002.
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Kaplan, H. H., Milliken, R. E., Alexander, C. M. O. D., & Herd, C. D. , 2019, Reflectance spectroscopy of insoluble organic matter (IOM) and carbonaceous meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54, 1051-1068.
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Aponte, J. C., Woodward, H. K., Abreu, N. M., Elsila, J. E., & Dworkin, J. P., 2019, Molecular distribution, 13C-isotope, and enantiomeric compositions of carbonaceous chondrite monocarboxylic acids. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, 415-430.
Simon, Steven B., Alexander N. Krot, and Kazuhide Nagashima , 2019, Oxygen and Al-Mg isotopic compositions of grossite-bearing refractory inclusions from CO3 chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54, 1362-1378.
Simon, S. B., Krot, A. N., Nagashima, K., Kööp, L., & Davis, A. M., 2019, Condensate refractory inclusions from the CO3. 00 chondrite Dominion Range 08006: Petrography, mineral chemistry, and isotopic compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 246, 109-122.
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Rubin, A.E. , and Li, Y., 2019, Formation and destruction of magnetite in CO3 chondrites and other chondrite groups. Geochemistry, 79, 125528, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2019.07.009.
Nielsen, S. G., Auro, M., Righter, K., Davis, D., Prytulak, J., Wu, F., & Owens, J. D., 2019, Nucleosynthetic vanadium isotope heterogeneity of the early solar system recorded in chondritic meteorites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 505, 131-140.
Nittler, L.R., Alexander, C. M.O'D., Davidson, J., Riebe, M.E.I., Stroud, R.M., Wang, J., 2018, High abundances of presolar grains and 15N-rich organic matter in CO3.0 chondrite Dominion Range 08006. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 226, 107-131, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.01.038.
McAdam, M.M., Sunshine, J.M., Howard, K.T., Alexander, C.M., McCoy, T.J., Bus, S.J., 2018, Spectral evidence for amorphous silicates in least-processed CO meteorites and their parent bodies. Icarus, 306, 32-49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.01.024.
Alexander, C. O. D., Greenwood, R. C., Bowden, R., Gibson, J. M., Howard, K. T., & Franchi, I. A. , 2018, A multi-technique search for the most primitive CO chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 221, 406-420, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.021.
Haenecour, P., Floss, C., Zega, T. J., Croat, T. K., Wang, A., Jolliff, B. L., & Carpenter, P. , 2018, Presolar Silicates in the Matrix and Fine-grained Rims Around Chondrules in Primitive CO3. 0 Chondrites: Evidence for Pre-Accretionary Aqueous Alteration of the Rims in the Solar Nebula. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 221, 379–405, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.06.004.
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Aponte, J. C., Abreu, N. M., Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P., & Elsila, J. E., 2017, Distribution of aliphatic amines in CO, CV, and CK carbonaceous chondrites and relation to mineralogy and processing history. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52, 2632–2646, doi: 10.1111/maps.12959.
Alexander, C. O. D., Cody, G. D., De Gregorio, B. T., Nittler, L. R., & Stroud, R. M., 2017, The nature, origin and modification of insoluble organic matter in chondrites, the major source of Earth’s C and N. Chemie der Erde-Geochemistry, 77, 227-256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2017.01.007.
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Burton, A. S., Elsila, J. E., Callahan, M. P., Martin, M. G., Glavin, D. P., Johnson, N. M., Dworkin, J. P., 2012, A propensity for n-ω-amino acids in thermally altered Antarctic meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 47, 374-386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01341.x.
RELAB, , Reflectance Experiment Lab , catalogue of samples.