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D’Orbigny Meteorite Surface

D'Orbigny Meteorite Surface

D’Orbigny Meteorite Surface

The D’Orbigny Meteorite provides amazing visuals no matter how the specimen is prepared. Whether looking at a thin section or gazing at its surface, the observer will be amazed at the natural beauty of this ancient fragment of the Solar System. The panorama photomicrograph displayed here was taken with a small piece of the D’Orbigny meteorite under cross polarized reflected light. For comparison, see these thin section photomicrographs: D’Orbigny 1 and D’Orbigny 2.

Link to pictures of the main mass.

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Chantonnay Meteorite Thin Section

Chantonnay Meteorite Thin Section

Chantonnay Meteorite Thin Section

The Chantonnay Meteorite, classified as an L6 ordinary chondrite, fell in 1812 in the town of Chantonnay in Vendee, France. Seen here in cross polarized light, the chondrules show a wide range of beautiful coloration.

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Almahata Sitta Meteorite Thin Section

Almahata Sitta Meteorite Thin Section

Almahata Sitta Meteorite Thin Section

The Almahata Sitta meteorite and its story made the history books in 2008. Before colliding into the atmosphere over North Africa, a sky survey identified an object on a collision course with Earth; astronomers gave this asteroid a temporary name: 8TA9D69. After the bright meteor was seen by observers, meteorite hunters scoured the desert of northern Sudan and found numerous fragments. The recovered meteorite specimens are classified as an anomalous polymict Ureilite-Achondrite. This thin section of Almahata Sitta was taken in cross polarized light.

Almahata Sitta details on Meteorite Studies website

Almahata Sitta and the Search for the Ureilite Parent Body PDF

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