Space: the final frontier
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Space: the final frontier

by Petra Schneider, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Zircon grain (in vivid interference colors) separated out from a Cretaceous granite (Moslavačka Gora Mt., Croatia) and prepared for the geochemical analysis and age dating with the LA-ICP-MS. Photo is taken with the petrographic microscope under crossed polarizers. Magnification 100x.