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 PDF Paper
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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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NWA 2999 Meteorite Thin Section
Thin section specimen of NWA 2999 in cross polarized light. Description:
Although most angrites have textures indicative of rapid cooling from melts, NWA 2999 has an overall plutonic, polygonal-granular texture (similar to Angra dos Reis and LEW 86010), but with distinctive large anorthite, spinel and recrystallized olivine porphyroclasts (up to 6 mm across) and 10-20 μm wide, discontinuous anorthite coronas around spinel grains (to our knowledge a feature unique among meteorites). (Source)
Additional resources:
NWA 2999, A Unique Angrite with a large Chondritic Component
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