Emoji from meteorites; impact spherule
by Seda Özdemir
Crossed polarized light photomicrograph of an impact spherule from Barberton Greenstone Belt, SA. These spherules are the only remnants of Early Earth's meteorite impact history, the ages of 3.2-3.5 Ga. The K-feldspar mineralization within spherule.
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- European Geosciences Union (351)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (990)
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- Planetary and Solar System Sciences (141)
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2015
Submitted on 1 March 2017
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Seda Özdemir (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Kıymet Deniz 8 years, 7 months ago
Wonderful :-)
Elizaveta Kovaleva 8 years, 7 months ago
Love it!
Bernardo Cesare 7 years, 8 months ago
Beautiful!