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Ghubara thin section single frame (10X)
A single DSLR frame (reduced to 640x480 format). The image was made using cross-polarized light through a petrographic microscope. Field of view is about 0.0003 inch, top to bottom.
The "Ghubara" meteorite is found on the surface of the desert in Ghubara, Jiddat Al Harasis, Oman. Since its discovery in 1954 about 5,000kg have been recovered. It is unusually rich in noble gases and is classified as a regolith breccia L5 meteorite with xenolithic (mixed) inclusions.
A roughly 1:2 macro view of this thin section is here:
www.flickr.com/photos/chipdatajeffb/2703411271/in/set-721...
Thin section acquired from Mike Kagelmacher (Rock-Slides on eBay).
Ghubara thin section single frame (10X)
A single DSLR frame (reduced to 640x480 format). The image was made using cross-polarized light through a petrographic microscope. Field of view is about 0.0003 inch, top to bottom.
The "Ghubara" meteorite is found on the surface of the desert in Ghubara, Jiddat Al Harasis, Oman. Since its discovery in 1954 about 5,000kg have been recovered. It is unusually rich in noble gases and is classified as a regolith breccia L5 meteorite with xenolithic (mixed) inclusions.
A roughly 1:2 macro view of this thin section is here:
www.flickr.com/photos/chipdatajeffb/2703411271/in/set-721...
Thin section acquired from Mike Kagelmacher (Rock-Slides on eBay).