Thin section of the NWA 4801 angrite in cross polarized light. It is a plutonic igneous cumulate type angrite. Notice all the 180 degree triple junctions! Detailed information can be found at Meteorite Studies.
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Thin section of the NWA 4801 angrite in cross polarized light. It is a plutonic igneous cumulate type angrite. Notice all the 180 degree triple junctions! Detailed information can be found at Meteorite Studies.
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Classified as an angrite, NWA 4590 provides a unique sample from the parent body. Analysis of its textural and mineralogical features shows it to be “sub-volcanic”; rather than the more common plutonic or basaltic angrite. Detailed information can be found at Meteorite Studies.
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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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