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Labenne-Sahara   contributed by John Lutzon, IMCA 1896   MetBul Link


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I got this thin section of an as-yet unclassified L-S from Anne B.
 


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Anne Black
 9/26/2012 11:09:28 AM		 Thank you John. It has been classified as an Eucrite. Luc, if you are reading this please remind me the NWA number. Thanks.
Bernd Pauli
 9/26/2012 6:52:48 AM		 How thin is a thin section? Well, for those who don't know: the standard thickness of a petrographic slide is 30 microns (30*) or 0.03 mm or one thousandth of an inch! Looks like a plagioclase-rich achondrite. Thanks for sharing!
 

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