The X-ray Imaging Scanner is primarily designed for imaging sediment cores (see main instrument page). However, here we list a few examples of other samples successfully run on the X-ray Imaging Scanner.

Rocks

Amygdaloidal basalt.

 

Amygdaloidal feldspar.

 

CIR B3.

 

Feldsparphyric basalt.

 

Sandstone.

 

Meteorites

Ordinary chondrite.

Fossils

Shark tooth in manganese nodule.

 

Biogenic materials

Shell (<em>Arctica islandica</em>).

 

Coral (<em>Diploria labyrinthiformis</em>).

 

Coral (<em>Porites astreoides</em>).

Speleothems

Stalagmite.

Hydrothermal Vents

Black smoker.

 

Small chimney.