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NWA 998   contributed by Ray Watts, IMCA 6289   MetBul Link

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Thin section in cross-polarized light.   Martian (nakhlite)

TKW 456 grams. Fall not observed. Purchased September 2001 in Algeria or Morocco.

Ray writes:
Trying out a new microscope & had to try a picture of one of the Crown Jewels in my collection.
 


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Jim Strope
 10/20/2014 5:45:57 PM		 Very pretty TS.
Simon de Boer
 10/20/2014 5:32:47 PM		 beautiful thin section Ray thanks for sharing
Tomasz Jakubowski
 10/20/2014 1:25:58 PM		 beauty!
Bernd Pauli
 10/20/2014 10:28:34 AM		 Beautiful augites showing simple twinning while some other crystals display a striated pattern (above center, for example). NWA 998 contains ankerite, the iron-bearing equivalent of dolomite. Thanks for sharing with the "community"!
John S
 10/20/2014 9:41:48 AM		 Ray, That's a great photo of a special Rock from Mars! Excellent.
John S
 10/20/2014 9:10:16 AM		 Ray, That's a great photo of a special Rock from Mars! Excellent.
 

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