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Issue 49 — Tour the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources—Your State Geologic Survey

X-ray Diffraction Lab
— Kelsey McNamara and Virgil W. Lueth

Electron Microprobe Lab
— Lynn Heizler

Teacher Activity: Micron Scale Examination of Porosity and Permeability Using an Electron Microprobe
— Nels Iverson and Lynn Heizler

Subsurface Library
— Luke Martin and Joseph Grigg

New Mexico Bureau of Geology Water Chemistry Analysis
— Dustin Baca

Earth Matters: Low-Temperature Thermochronology in the Bureau of Geology Fission-Track Lab
— Jacob O. Thacker and Shari A. Kelley

Through the Hand Lens with Matt Heizler
— Matt Heizler

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