Sample
Name
Troilite crystal, surface perpendicular to the c-axis
Date
1994-01-01
Provider
MPIK Heidelberg
Body name
Earth
Place
Mundrabilla Siding , Nullarbor Plain , Australia
Diameter
5.0 $mm$
Surface roughness
polished
Substrate material
epoxy resin (epofix)
Substrate comments
sample rear side embedded in resin (25mm diam.) for handling during polishing and measurement
Comments
The troilite mineral has been extracted from a part of the Mundrabilla meteorite, which is kept at MPIK Heidelberg
Temperature
300.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Temperature max
300.0 $K$
Type
ambient air
Fluid temperature
300.0 $K$
Fluid pressure
1000.0 $mbar$
Title
Cutting, embedding and polishing of troilite crystal

Produced sample

Sample
Troilite crystal, surface perpendicular to the c-axis (this sample)
Processing steps
Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes
#1 during layer formation mechanical cutting the troilite crystal perpendicular to c-axis (along the (001) crystallographic plane
#2 after layer formation mechanical embedding the troilite crystal in epoxide resin and polishing