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Allende animation 03

Animation of a set of 19 micrographs of a trio of chondrules in a thin-sectioned specimen of the Allende Meteorite, using cross-polarized light. Typical frame is Allende 5846 in this same set. Click All Sizes to see the animation run.

 

Field of view is about 2mm actual size.

 

Photographed with a DSLR attached to a petrographic microscope.

 

The Allende meteorites fell in 1969 at Pueblito de Allende, Mexico.

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Uploaded on September 1, 2008
Taken on September 1, 2008