Emoji from meteorites; impact spherule
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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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Seda Özdemir (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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2592 px
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1944 px
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4:3
Taken
2015
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Purplish black
Submitted
1 March 2017
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Wonderful :-)
Love it!
Beautiful!