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Cosmic Dust Catalog 3,1 - Particle Descriptions

Particle Cluster Location Type Size Color Shape Trans Luster Catalog U2001-A-1,0 U2001 Cluster 2 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 16- 12 GR,GR Irregular Opaque to Translucent Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-10,0 Available Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 8- 6 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-11,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 12um CS,GR Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-A-12,0 Not Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 39- 35 YL,OR,YL,OR Irregular Translucent to Opaque Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-A-13,0 Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 5- 4 CS,GR,CS,GR Irregular Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-A-14,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 5- 4 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-15,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 15- 10 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Metallic 3,1 U2001-A-16,0 Available Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 15- 10 CS,GR,CS,GR Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous to Vitreous 3,1 U2001-A-18,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 5um YL,GR Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-A-19,0 U2001 Cluster 1 Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 11- 9 YL,GR,YL,GR Irregular Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-A-2,0 U2001 Cluster 2 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 6- 5 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-20,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 16- 9 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-3,0 Not Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 13- 9 CS,BK,CS,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-4,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 4- 3 GR,GR Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-5,0 Not Available Cosmic 23- 21 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-6,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 8um CS,GR Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-A-7,0 Not Available Cosmic 8- 7 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic 3,1 U2001-A-8,0 Not Available Cosmic 18- 16 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-A-9,0 Not Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 18- 13 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-B-1,0 Not Available Cosmic 20- 15 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-B-10,0 Not Available Cosmic 27- 19 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-B-11,0 Not Available 24- 22 GR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-B-12,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 13- 9 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-B-13,0 Not Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 9- 7 CS,GR,CS,GR Irregular Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-B-14,0 Not Available 13um CS,YL Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-B-15,0 Not Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 26- 23 GR,YL,GR,YL Irregular Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-B-16,0 Available Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 15um GR Spherical Opaque Metallic 3,1 U2001-B-17,0 Not Available Cosmic 12- 11 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-B-3,0 Not Available Cosmic 36- 18 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-B-6,0 On Loan 28- 25 BR,RD,BR,RD Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-B-7,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 44- 28 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Dull 3,1 U2001-B-8,0 Not Available Cosmic 19- 13 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-B-9,0 Not Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 20- 14 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-C-1,0 On Loan Natural Terrestrial Contamination 20- 9 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic 3,1 U2001-C-10,0 Not Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 14- 13 YL,GR,YL,GR Irregular Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-C-11,0 Not Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 25- 23 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Submetallic 3,1 U2001-C-12,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 12* CS,YL,CS,YL Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-C-13,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 14- 12 GR,GR Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-C-14,0 Available Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 16- 15 GR,GR Irregular Opaque Metallic 3,1 U2001-C-15,0 Not Available Cosmic 9- 7 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-C-16,0 Not Available Cosmic 18- 13 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Submetallic 3,1 U2001-C-17,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 8- 8 CS,YL,CS,YL Irregular Transparent to Translucent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-C-2,0 Available 12* GR,YL,GR,YL Equidimensional Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-C-3,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 5um YL Irregular Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-C-4,0 Not Available Cosmic 22- 18 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-C-5,0 Not Available 9um CS,YL Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-C-6,0 Not Available 14- 11 GR,YL,GR,YL Irregular Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-C-7,0 Not Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 10um CS,YL Spherical Translucent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-C-8,0 On Loan 14- 8 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-C-9,0 Not Available 27* 11 GR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-1,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 15- 14 GR,GR Equidimensional Opaque Submetallic 3,1 U2001-D-10,0 Not Available 9um BK Spherical Opaque Metallic 3,1 U2001-D-11,0 Not Available 11- 8 GR,GR Irregular Opaque Dull 3,1 U2001-D-12,0 On Loan 12- 8 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-13,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 16- 11 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Submetallic 3,1 U2001-D-14,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 8- 8 GR,BK,GR,BK Equidimensional Opaque Submetallic 3,1 U2001-D-15,0 On Loan Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 8- 7 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-16,0 On Loan 12- 8 GR,BR,GR,BR Irregular Translucent to Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-17,0 Not Available 7- 5 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-18,0 Not Available 9- 6 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-19,0 Not Available 4- 3 BK,? Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-2,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 12- 11 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Dull 3,1 U2001-D-3,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 13- 8 RD,BR,RD,BR Irregular Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-D-4,0 Not Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 17- 14 BR,GD,BR,GD Irregular Opaque to Translucent Submetallic 3,1 U2001-D-5,0 Available 10- 8 RD,OR,RD,OR Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-D-6,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 23- 12 BR,GR,BR,GR Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-D-7,0 Not Available 15- 10 BR,YL,BR,YL Irregular Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-D-8,0 U2001 Cluster 1 On Loan 18- 12 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Subvitreous to Submetallic 3,1 U2001-D-9,0 Available 12um CS,GR Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-1,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 11um CS,YL Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-10,0 Not Available Cosmic 13- 9 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-E-11,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 8um CS,YL Equidimensional Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-12,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 6um CS,YL Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-13,0 Available Aluminum Oxide Sphere 5um CS,YL Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-14,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 15- 11 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-E-15,0 Available 2- LE BK,BK Irregular Opaque Dull 3,1 U2001-E-16,0 U2001 Cluster 2 Not Available Natural Terrestrial Contamination 18- 17 CS,GR,CS,GR Irregular Translucent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-17,0 Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 17- 14 BK,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic 3,1 U2001-E-18,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 9- 4 YL,YL Irregular Transparent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-E-19,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 13- 9 CS,GR,CS,GR Irregular Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-2,0 Not Available 16um CS,GR Spherical Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-20,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 10- 4 CS,CS Irregular Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-3,0 Not Available Cosmic 8- 7 OR,BK,OR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Subvitreous 3,1 U2001-E-4,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 8- 4 CS,?,CS,? Irregular Transparent to Translucent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-5,0 Not Available Cosmic 13- 9 GR,BK,GR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-E-6,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 18- 9 BR,RD,BR,RD Irregular Opaque to Translucent Submetallic to Dull 3,1 U2001-E-7,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 7- 5 CS,GR,CS,GR Irregular Transparent Vitreous 3,1 U2001-E-8,0 Not Available Possibly Artificial Terrestrial Contamination 8- 7 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque to Translucent Submetallic to Metallic 3,1 U2001-E-9,0 Available Possibly Natural Terrestrial Contamination 27- 10 BR,BK,BR,BK Irregular Opaque Submetallic to Dull 3,1

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