NWA 8171 Meteorite Thin Section

A first hand look at the basaltic crust of Mars, this thin section specimen of the NWA 8171 meteorite (aka Black Beauty) provides an exquisite and unforgettable glimpse back to a time when Mars had oceans of water on its surface. More information from Space Jewels.

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This thin section has been photographed with all three of my cameras. You can directly compare the results from the three versions.

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Version 3 – Nikon D810

NWA 8171 Meteorite Thin Section

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Version 2 – Tucsen C30 3MP sCMOS

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NWA 8171 Meteorite Thin Section

Version 1 – A3550UPA 5MP CCD

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4x/0.25, A35140U CCD 14MP, A3550UPA CCD 5MP, angrite, LMScope, named fall, Nikon D810, polarized, scope1, scope2, zerene stacker

D’Orbigny Meteorite Thin Section

This is a thin section specimen of the D’Orbigny Meteorite. The thin section photographs were taken under cross polarized light using two linear polarizing filters. The first set of pictures is from a nicer CCD and microscope. For a good link to more Angrite pictures, see here. Angrites always look spectacular in polarized light.

Link to pictures of the main mass.

VERSION 1 (Nikon D810)