- There are many ways to study rocks up-close! 🔬💎 These thin section drawings and images are of feldspar-pyroxene xenoliths, brought up from beneath Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, by erupted basalts🌋 #ThinSectionTuesday #PetrologyFeb 25, 2025 09:57
- PhD student Yingbo Li drew the magical thin section illustrations. Norbert Toth, a former PhD student with John Maclennan in Cambridge, took the optical microscope and scanning electron microscope images for his investigation into the use of #MachineLearning to detect minerals in thin section.
- This collection of images and drawings will feature in the Magma Rising Exhibit at the Heong Gallery, Downing College Cambridge, from 26th February until Earth Day on 22nd April and is free to visit!
