Lunar impact melt breccia. Polarised light micrograph of a thin section from lunar rock sample number 61016. This is an example of impact melt breccia

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Lunar impact melt breccia. Polarised light micrograph of a thin section from lunar rock sample number 61016. This is an example of impact melt breccia. The original rock (see C046/8615) was obtained from the east rim of Plum Crater during the Apollo 16 mission (16-27 April 1972). Magnification: x88 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 3449px × 2560px
Photo credit: © NASA/JSC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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