Ground Control to Major Tom
Petra Schneider
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Heavy mineral fraction (including zircon grains in vivid interference colors and apatite in yellow and blue) separated out from a Cretaceous granite (Moslavačka Gora Mt., Croatia) and inserted in the epoxy resin as a step in the preparation for the geochemical analysis and age dating with the LA-ICP-MS. Photo is taken after the laser ablation (visible dark spots as the craters left) with the aid of petrographic microscope under crossed polarizers. Magnification 25x.
Location
Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Petra Schneider (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
217.4 KB
Width
2560 px
Height
1920 px
Aspect
4:3
Taken
12 July 2018
Tint
Black
Submitted
14 February 2019
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