Meteorite minerals (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Meteorite minerals

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A meteorite thin section under a microscope. Different colors represent different minerals, because light travels through them in different ways. The round mineral aggregates are chondrules, which are a major component in primitive meteorites.

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Credit: Nicole Xike Nie.

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