4x/0.25, A3550UPA CCD 5MP, achondrite, angrite, northwest africa, polarized, scope2, zerene stacker

NWA 4590 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4590 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4590 Meteorite Thin Section

Classified as an angrite, NWA 4590 provides a unique sample from the parent body. Analysis of its textural and mineralogical features shows it to be “sub-volcanic”; rather than the more common plutonic or basaltic angrite. Detailed information can be found at Meteorite Studies.

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4x/0.25, A3550UPA CCD 5MP, achondrite, lunar, northwest africa, polarized, scope2, zerene stacker

NWA 4734 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4734 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4734 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4734 is a unique lunar mare basalt. Thin section displayed here is in cross polarized light.

Addition information:

Northwest Africa 4734 & 10597

Northwest Africa 4734 PDF Paper

Meteorite Studies NWA 4734

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Huckitta Meteorite Thin Section

Huckita Meteorite Thin Section

Huckitta Meteorite Thin Section

Presented here is a thin section slide, illuminated in cross polarized light, of the well-known Huckitta meteorite. It is an anomalous member of the Main Group of Pallasites.

Link to PDF of original discovery story with pictures of main mass.

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