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Analysis of a martian meteorite

 
ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS OF A MARTIAN METEORITE
False colour BSE image with X-ray elemental mapping of Mg for Shergotty Martian meteorite acquired at 15 kV and 100 nA for investigation of its paragenesis.

Recorded on a CAMECA SXFive-TACTIS at National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Sample provided by Dr. A. Basu Sarbadhikari, PRL, India. Image courtesy of Nilanjana Sorcar and Siddhartha Mukherjee