Gallery: There's a Fine Line Between Gift-Shop Rocks and Meteorites

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    Labradorite Rock, sourced from Weymouth gift shop, £5.99, acetate collage layering
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    Image of Earth sourced from NASA’s image archive
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    Alexandra Lethbridge
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    Collage of acetate and hand made rocks
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    Cheddar Gorge, UK
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    A Garnet rock sourced from the gift shop at Lulworth Cove £8.99
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    Alexandra Lethbridge
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    Rock formation in Torquay, UK, image adapted
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    Alexandra Lethbridge
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    Azurite Mineral sourced from Lulworth Cove gift shop priced £5.99
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    Found photo of crater on the moon sourced from Ebay, priced £5.99
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    Alexandra Lethbridge
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    A cut section from an NWA (North West Africa) Chondrite L5 meteorite which was found in the Moroccan Sahara, Ebay £9.99
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    Alexandra Lethbridge
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    Collage of acetate with Fools Gold rock sourced from Natural History Musuem, London £7.99
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    Hubble’s Cepheid in the Andromeda Galaxy

    Unknown image sourced from NASA’s Image Archive
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    Alexandra Lethbridge
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    Black and White photograph of Lulworth Cove, Dorset
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    Fools Gold purchased from the gift shop at The Natural History Museum in London, £7.99
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