Mushroom-shaped crystal growth pattern in Chang'e-5 lunar samples Photo: Courtesy of Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, ...

Micrograph showing sheaves of parallel platy olivine crystals making so called "spinifex texture," from a komatiite flow at Wildara, Western Australia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

This is a backscatter electron image of a lunar melt inclusion from Apollo 17 sample 74220, enclosed within an olivine crystal. The inclusion is 30 μm in diameter. Skeletal crystals within the ...

My research focuses on crystal structures and elastic properties of silicate and oxide minerals of the deep mantle. Initially, I did this by theoretical calculation and prediction of hydration sites, ...

discovered a peculiar crystal growth phenomenon in lunar samples. Specifically, chromite nanocrystals can grow outward from the surface of olivine like "mushrooms after rain," according to a press ...