ALH84001

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Sample Photos
ALH84001 before processing.
Reconstructed sample after aborted slabbingattempt.
Sawed face of ALH84001,0.
Sawed face of ALH84001,65.


Binocular Microscope Images
Carbonate blebs in ALH84001.
Irregular patch of carbonates in region 8.
Textured carbonates in a fracture surface.
Carbonate vein.
Closeup of carbonate vein.
Dense concentration of rzb's in region 11.
Closeup of dense concentration of rzb's.


Thin Section Images
Poikilitic patches of zoned carbonate (plane-polarized light).
Poikilitic patches of zoned carbonate (crossed-polarized light).
Rounded, zoned carbonate bleb (plane-polarized light).
Rounded, zoned carbonate bleb (crossed-polarized light).
Fine-grained carbonate in fractures of orthopyroxene (plane-polarized light).
Fine-grained carbonate in fractures of orthopyroxene (plane-polarized light).
Fine-grained carbonate at the margins of a crushed zone (plane-polarized light).
Fine-grained carbonate at the margins of a crushed zone (crossed-polarized light).


Electron Microscope Images
Unusual tube-like structural form that is less than 1.100th the width of a human hair.
Possible microscopic fossils of bacteria-like organisms.
Possible microscopic fossils of primitive, bacteria-like organisms.
Outline of what are believed to be possible microscopic fossils of bacteria-like organisms.