Moon Rock Section
Thin section photograph, using transmitted light, of a rock collected during the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. This is sample 10003, 47, a low-potassium, medium-grained basalt rock with ophitic texture (lath-shaped plagioclase crystals surrounded by pyroxene minerals)
Picture No
12697285
Media ID
47699840
Size
2446px x 3000px
(1.0MB)
Credit
NASA/Science Source/Mary Evans
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