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NASA Lunar Thin Section Collection Laboratory Geological Sciences 50 Planetary Geosciences Group Department of Geological Sciences Brown University Guide to Minerals, Rocks, Soils and Textures

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NASA Lunar Thin Section Collection LaboratoryGeological Sciences 50

Planetary Geosciences GroupDepartment of Geological Sciences

Brown University

Guide to Minerals, Rocks, Soils and Textures

ExtrusiveIntrusive

GlassBreccia

Plagioclase

Olivine

Pyroxenes

clinopyroxene

Glass and Opaques

orange glass, ilminitegreen glass

Lunar Soils

mare soil, glasseshighlands soil, agglutinates

1mm

Cataclastic texture

Shock textures

plane-polarized light

cross-polarized light