Barbara Nash
@barbaranash.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah. Posts are my own and do not represent the University of Utah. Interests: volcanology, tephrostratigraphy, isotope geochemistry and mineralogy - especially new minerals of the Anthropocene.
For my first #ThinSectionThursday a 50 year flashback to work on lunar rocks. This is tranquillityite from Apollo 14 sample 14310, an impact melt breccia. First discovered on the moon, it was later found on Earth in an Australian basalt in 2011. FOV 0.18mm.
December 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM
For my first #ThinSectionThursday a 50 year flashback to work on lunar rocks. This is tranquillityite from Apollo 14 sample 14310, an impact melt breccia. First discovered on the moon, it was later found on Earth in an Australian basalt in 2011. FOV 0.18mm.