Comments on: Want to analyze a moon rock? https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46385 ER Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:35:38 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46385 Only in between layers Only in between layers

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46384 podrock Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:30:42 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46384 Yes, it is an actual mineral, and I've been lucky to include it in my professional work. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite</a> Yes, it is an actual mineral, and I’ve been lucky to include it in my professional work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46383 RL Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:52:54 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46383 Which naturally leads to bedding... Which naturally leads to bedding…

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46382 podrock Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:04:14 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46382 subduction, too. subduction, too.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46381 RL Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:49:47 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46381 ... and various other orogenous areas. … and various other orogenous areas.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46380 podrock Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:41:56 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46380 I get paid to look at cleavage. I get paid to look at cleavage.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46379 RL Tue, 22 Dec 2020 04:53:22 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46379 "...but I can’t get close enough to look at cleavage"... I hear you, brother, if I had nickel for every time I have thought the exact same thing... “…but I can’t get close enough to look at cleavage”… I hear you, brother, if I had nickel for every time I have thought the exact same thing…

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/12/21/want-to-analyze-a-moon-rock/#comment-46378 podrock Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:57:21 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=86552#comment-46378 <p>Weighing in</p> This is really neat. I've only looked at the first specimen, the very first specimen!, but that alone is pretty cool. The resolution is good, impressive even, but I can't get close enough to look at cleavage / fracture on individual clasts like I would with a hand loop or plain light microscope. Maybe have select areas of hyper resolution? The mesh is good too, not perfect, but really much better than I have seen before. That's a lot of polygons to render! The interface is fun. Options for orientation, zoom, scale, grid, lighting... Well done! I am most impressed by the Micro X-Ray Computed Tomography. That shit is cool! I've been watching this developed over the years and I am really impressed. I wonder how expensive this technique is, because I've got a whole lot of samples I'd love to slice up this way, including nodular sillimanite gneiss (NSG), my name-sake. Or folds or fossils. This is really useful. One can download individual slices and do all sorts of mineral counts, fabric analysis, sorting, angularity, size. Yeah, you could do real research with this data. Some things I'd like to see included are chemical analysis and petrographic thin sections. I know that this first specimen is historic, so it wasn't cut, but others were. Having a web viewer of a polarizing microscope would be great! This type of interface could be used to create a database of typical geology 101 samples for online learning and study. Or as part of professional articles and presentations. <img src="https://www.habitablezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rock.jpg" alt="" /> Thanks for the link, RL. Weighing in

This is really neat. I’ve only looked at the first specimen, the very first specimen!, but that alone is pretty cool. The resolution is good, impressive even, but I can’t get close enough to look at cleavage / fracture on individual clasts like I would with a hand loop or plain light microscope. Maybe have select areas of hyper resolution?

The mesh is good too, not perfect, but really much better than I have seen before. That’s a lot of polygons to render!

The interface is fun. Options for orientation, zoom, scale, grid, lighting… Well done!

I am most impressed by the Micro X-Ray Computed Tomography. That shit is cool! I’ve been watching this developed over the years and I am really impressed. I wonder how expensive this technique is, because I’ve got a whole lot of samples I’d love to slice up this way, including nodular sillimanite gneiss (NSG), my name-sake. Or folds or fossils. This is really useful. One can download individual slices and do all sorts of mineral counts, fabric analysis, sorting, angularity, size. Yeah, you could do real research with this data.

Some things I’d like to see included are chemical analysis and petrographic thin sections. I know that this first specimen is historic, so it wasn’t cut, but others were. Having a web viewer of a polarizing microscope would be great!

This type of interface could be used to create a database of typical geology 101 samples for online learning and study. Or as part of professional articles and presentations.

Thanks for the link, RL.

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