Moon Rock Sample (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Moon Rock Sample

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This is an image of an artificial moon rock sample, measuring about half a millimeter across, made with an electron microprobe at ambient temperature after the experiment with X-rays. The fragmentation of the sample occurred when it was extracted from the small diamond cylinder in which it had been melted under high pressure and temperature.

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<i>Nature</i>

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