Sayh al Uhaymir 562
Thin section specimen of the Sayh al Uhaymir 562 meteorite. Pictures were taken with a 1/4 wave retarder filter in cross polarized light. SaU 562 is an unbrecciated eucrite with “approximately equal proportions of anhedral to bladed, white plagioclase (to 3 mm) and honey-brown, anhedral, granular pyroxene (to 1.5 mm) crystals.”
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