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NASA Lunar Thin Section Collection Laboratory Geological Sciences 50 Planetary Geosciences Group Department of Geological Sciences Brown University Guide to Minerals, Rocks, Soils and Textures

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NASA Lunar Thin Section Collection Laboratory Geological Sciences 50 Planetary Geosciences Group Department of Geological Sciences Brown University Guide to Minerals, Rocks, Soils and Textures. Intrusive. Extrusive. Breccia. Glass. Plagioclase. Olivine. Pyroxenes. clinopyroxene. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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NASA Lunar Thin Section Collection LaboratoryGeological Sciences 50

Planetary Geosciences GroupDepartment of Geological Sciences

Brown University

Guide to Minerals, Rocks, Soils and Textures

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ExtrusiveIntrusive

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GlassBreccia

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Plagioclase

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Olivine

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Pyroxenes

clinopyroxene

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Glass and Opaques

orange glass, ilminitegreen glass

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Lunar Soils

mare soil, glasseshighlands soil, agglutinates

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1mm

Cataclastic texture

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Shock textures

plane-polarized light

cross-polarized light