Meteorite impact glass (3D recon)

Pseudocolored 3D reconstructions of a portion of meteorite impact glass. Glassy matrix is red/orange; compact clast is green and yellow. (top left) Virtual cube of sample showing folded nature of matrix and distribution of clast. (top right) view of (left) looking straight down top of cube. (bottom) view as (top right), but with the red-orange matrix rendered completely transparent, showing distribution of vesicles and compact clasts. (Sample courtesy of Dr. Christian Koeberl, University of Vienna)

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