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4x/0.25, chondrite, LMScope, Nikon D810, northwest africa, ordinary chondrite, polarized, scope2, zerene stacker

NWA 4910 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4910 "Begaa" Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 4910 “Begaa” Meteorite Thin Section

Chondrules, chondrules, and more chondrules. It’s amazing how the NWA 4910 meteorite can be packed so dense with chondrules and have so little matrix gluing them together. Make sure to look for the numerous armored chondrules and radial pyroxene chondrules contained in the thin section. Containing 3.06 billion pixels, this is the largest image I have ever created. The circular artifact on the left of the image is due to the great size of the thin section going over the microscope’s glass-stage aperture rim.

NWA 4910 Pictures at Meteorite Times

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4x/0.25, calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion, carbonaceous, chondrite, LMScope, Nikon D810, northwest africa, polarized, scope2, zerene stacker

NWA 5028 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 5028 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 5028 Meteorite Thin Section

The NWA 5028 meteorite makes a stunningly beautiful thin section mosaic. With its large calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions and numerous chondrules, viewers are taken to an alien terrain billions of years old – to a time when the first objects were forming in the Solar System. Additional information at Meteorites Australia.

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4x/0.25, chondrite, named fall, ordinary chondrite, polarized, scope2, Tucsen C30 3MP sCMOS, zerene stacker

Saratov Meteorite Thin Section

Saratov Meteorite Thin Section

Saratov Meteorite Thin Section

Thin sections of the Saratov (Саратов) meteorite in cross polarized light dazzle observers with dozens upon dozens of distinct chondrules. This specimen has numerous almost perfectly circular chondrules and many radial pyroxene chondrules.

Its fall was witnessed on October 6, 1918.

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