120401 - Image of the Month for April

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120401 - Image of the Month for April

Postby Matt Smith » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:58 am

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This months image of the month features the Leighlinbridge meteorite. It's an an 8.1g part slice of this LL6, November 1999 fall from Ireland with a stunning 8mm chondrule and thick fusion crust. Pieces of this size are seldom seen as the total known mass if just 271g. The image appears courtesy of Martin Goff. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
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Re: 120401 - Image of the Month for April

Postby MeteoritesEire » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:25 pm

lovely piece and great pics Martin
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Re: 120401 - Image of the Month for April

Postby Kieron » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:25 am

Jim beat me to it. Nice images, Martin.

I particularly like the tiny flow lines on the crust.

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Re: 120401 - Image of the Month for April

Postby msg-meteorites » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:12 am

Thanks guys, the flowlines on the crust are quite delicate and it took a few tries to get :D a good shot.

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