A basaltic microbreccia – containing very thin plates of ilmenite. Closer examination in The SEM reveals areas of surface melting and region where plates and blocks of different minerals and glass have fused together. Notice the tiny glass sphere embedded in the surface towards the top left-hand side of the particle.

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