Limerick Meteorite Thin Section

Thin section specimen of the Limerick Meteorite in cross polarized light. The meteor was observed on September 10, 1813 and the meteorite recovered shortly after the event. Limerick is classed as a type 5 high iron ordinary chondrite.

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A35140U CCD 14MP, chondrite, northwest africa, polarized, scope2

NWA 5205 Meteorite Thin Section

NWA 5205 provides a unique glimpse at conditions present in the early solar nebula. If you look closely at the chondrules you can see many deformed ones. Here is a link to an informative paper written by Knut Metzler about NWA 5205. This paper investigates these deformed chondrules, along with other unique properties, and suggests that rapid cooling occurred while the chondrules were in the process of accretion.

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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)