Tissint Meteorite Thin Section

The Tissint Meteorite was the first Martian witnessed fall since 1962. It is also special because the meteorite may contain carbon which has a biogenic origin. Under cross polarized light, thin sections of Tissint are a beautiful rainbow kaleidoscope of color in patterns similar to other Martian shergottites.

Photos of the fragment used to create thin section from Mr. Meteorite:

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Tissint meteorite from London’s Natural History Museum

There are plenty of good research articles on the Tissint meteorite, here are just two:

NanoSIMS analysis of organic carbon from the Tissint Martian meteorite: Evidence for the past existence of subsurface organic-bearing fluids on Mars

The Tissint Martian meteorite as evidence for the largest impact excavation

Full Screen Meteorite Thin Section Panoramas:

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