[meteorite-list] Nothing political! Just a cool Brachinite micrograph (NWA 3151)

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Hi list,

Greg Hupe has sent me a  beautiful NWA 3151 Brachinite Thin Section to 
examine and image.  

I  have a beautiful shot taken at a magnification of 400X at 8mp.  I will 
send  it as an attachment if your Internet provider will carry what works out to 
about  9mb file size.  Email me if you want it sent and let me know if you 
would  prefer it embedded.  Embedding reduces the file size to very small and  
really takes away form the details of the image.

A Brachinite is a great  material for me to bring this up.  The unique 
structural properties of a  Brachinite are best seen at a much lower magnification.  

I have  been told that, for classification purposes, my images should be 
taken with out  a retardation plate, at a much lower magnification and expressed 
in filed of  view size and not magnification level.  I know this, but it is my 
view that  classification can not be done by a few photos and (This is the 
main point)  classification has already been done,  the colors are more beautiful 
with a  retardation plate,  this high magnification level (relative to 
traditional  Xpol work) provides a unique view into the structures within meteorites 
and  finally,  more people (including those uninitiated to microscope work)  
relate to magnification expressed in a level rather than the micron size of 
the  field of view.

I am chasing beauty.  Some have even called it  art.  I do not attempt to 
classify.  I have occasionally produced  traditional shots for certain people to 
use in their work but that is not what I  am excited to share.

So if you want to have a beautiful (full resolution)  image of Greg's NWA 
3151 Brachinite sent to you, just ask.

Tom Phillips  

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