A fragment of lunar cordierite-spinel troctolite from the Apollo 15 mission. Two spinel crystals (reddish brown) and an adjacent grain of cordierite (lavender pink, upper left) are included in twinned plagioclase feldspar (blue and yellow). The crackled textures, offset twin lamellae, and weblike pattern (lavender pink and yellow) of finely crushed feldspar are shock features. (False-color photomicrograph taken in partially cross-polarized light with gypsum accessory plate; long edge of field is 0.53 millimeter.) See page 925. [Photomicrograph by Ursula B. Marvin]

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