Polarised light micrograph of a thin section microscopic slide of the stony-iron pallasite type meteorite NWA 2957, found in nortwest Africa in 1992.

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Polarised light micrograph of a thin section microscopic slide of the stony-iron pallasite type meteorite NWA 2957, found in nortwest Africa in 1992. It'scomposed mostly of the mineral olivine. Horizontal object size of this image section

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Size: 4781px × 3655px
Photo credit: © ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2957, africa, astronomical, astronomy, crystals, extraterrestial, meteor, meteorid, meteorite, meteorites, meteoroide, micrograph, mineral, mineralogy, minerals, northwest, nwa, olivine, pallasite, planet, polarised, polarized, rock, section, space, stony-iron, thin