Apollo 11 Moon Rock Section
Thin section photograph, in cross-polarized light, of a rock collected during the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. This is sample 10003, 153, a low-potassium, medium-grained basalt rock with ophitic texture (lath-shaped plagioclase crystals surrounded by pyroxene minerals). 10x magnification and 0.7 mm field of view
Picture No
12697282
Media ID
47700424
Size
3234px x 2400px
(2.3MB)
Credit
NASA/Science Source/Mary Evans
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