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Michael writes:
Polished tektite slice in transmission with nice schlieren and bubbles.


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Michael Hofmann
 2/14/2015 3:48:27 PM
@ Dr. Mike Reynolds; it was just a very flat tektite that I grinded and polished by hand. Its very tricky, because tektites have much stress in the rapid cooled glass. So its not possible to glue them by heat on a plate and cut it with machines. This way one of my biggest tektites "exploded". @ Colonel Pulaerko; the fine scale is in 1/10mm*s. The numbers are the mm*s
Colonel Pulaerko
 2/3/2015 8:44:53 PM
Very interesting pictures. What are the units of the scale?
Dr. Mike Reynolds
 2/3/2015 7:36:58 AM
As a part of my crater and impactite research, I always like a nice sample. Where was this recovered, Michael?
John Hope
 2/3/2015 1:47:04 AM
Thanks for sharing, great photo's.
Graham Macleod
 2/3/2015 1:09:27 AM
Stunning to see through this tektite, Great photo
 

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