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Agoult Meteorite Thin Section

Agoult Meteorite Thin Section

Agoult Meteorite Thin Section

Found in Agoult, Morocco this unbrecciated eucrite contains relatively large zircon crystals which crystallized around the date 4,554.5 Ma. Considering its ancient age, along with its mineralogy and petrology, the Agoult Meteorite is likely a unique sample of the original Vestan crust. This thin section, seen under cross polarized light, exemplifies nature’s artistic ability to create beautiful stained glass. Additional details on Agoult can be found at Meteorite Studies.

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Sayh al Uhaymir 562 Meteorite Thin Section

Meteorite Thin Section Sayh al Uhaymir 562

Sayh al Uhaymir 562

Thin section specimen of the Sayh al Uhaymir 562 meteorite. Pictures were taken with a 1/4 wave retarder filter in cross polarized light. SaU 562 is an unbrecciated eucrite with “approximately equal proportions of anhedral to bladed, white plagioclase (to 3 mm) and honey-brown, anhedral, granular pyroxene (to 1.5 mm) crystals.”

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Juvinas Meteorite Thin Section

Juvinas Meteorite Thin Section

Juvinas Meteorite Thin Section

Beautiful thin section specimen of the Juvinas Meteorite in cross polarized light. Juvinas belongs to the eucrite class of meteorites. Although not obvious in this cross polarized thin section specimen, Juvinas is a monomict breccia.

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