Emoji from meteorites; impact spherule
by Seda Özdemir
Crossed polarized light photomicrograph of an impact spherule from Barberton Greenstone Belt, SA. These spherules are the only remnants of Early Earth's meteorite impact history, the ages of 3.2-3.5 Ga. The K-feldspar mineralization within spherule.
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2015
Submitted on 01 March 2017
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- European Geosciences Union (309)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (846)
- Laboratory (101)
- Planetary and Solar System Sciences (123)
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meteorites, archean, impact spherules, barberton, smiley
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Credit: Seda Özdemir (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Kıymet Deniz 5 years, 11 months ago
Wonderful :-)
Elizaveta Kovaleva 5 years, 11 months ago
Love it!
Bernardo Cesare 4 years, 11 months ago
Beautiful!