Meteorite examination (IMAGE)

University of Leeds

Meteorite examination

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This illustration schematically shows how an extremely thin slice of the meteorite, targeting a region of interest rich in carbon-containing chemicals, can be very precisely extracted for further examination, either under an X-ray beam (at Diamond Light Source), or in the electron microscope (at SuperSTEM).   Picture credit: D.M. Kepaptsoglou, SuperSTEM  

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Picture credit: D.M. Kepaptsoglou, SuperSTEM

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