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Photo micrograph of lunar sample 10022

This is a photo micrograph of lunar sample 10022. Magnification one inch equals one-tenth millimeter. The light blue and white mineral is plagioclase. The black is ilmenite, and the blue and/or green and/or orange and/or yellow and/or red mineral is pyroxene. The large phyroxene is a phenocryst that had been partially resorbed.



Catalog Date: 01 September 1969
Film Type: 4x5
NASA image: S69-47900


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