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Lunar Sample 15535

MissionApollo 15
Sample Typerock
Lithologybasalt
LocationLunar samples 15535 and 15536 were chipped from a small boulder (0.75 m) that was about 20 meters from the edge of Hadley Rille in an area called The Terrace.
Descriptionis a fine-grained, olivine-bearing mare basalt in which fine-grained pyroxenes are enclosed in poikilitic plagioclases and olivine phenocrysts are scattered. It is finer-grained than 15536, chipped from the same boulder.

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15535, west side (S71-44482)
West

15535, north side (S71-44483)
North

15535, east side (S71-44484)
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15535, south side (S71-44481)
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Thin Sections

15535,0 S71-51787
15535,0
S71-51787

15535,0 S71-51788
15535,0
S71-51788

15535,0 S71-52197
15535,0
S71-52197

15535,0 S71-52491
15535,0
S71-52491

15535,0 S71-52497
15535,0
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15535,3 S71-49470
15535,3
S71-49470

15535,3 S71-49483
15535,3
S71-49483

15535,3 S71-55280
15535,3
S71-55280

15535,9 S71-49488
15535,9
S71-49488

15535,11 S71-51396
15535,11
S71-51396

15535,12 ryderSC022
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15535,12 ryderSC023
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15535,12 ryderSC024
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15535,12 ryderSC026
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15535,12 ryderSC027
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15535,12 S71-55285
15535,12
S71-55285

15535,13 S71-52950
15535,13
S71-52950

15535,14 S71-55287
15535,14
S71-55287

15535,15 S71-55270
15535,15
S71-55270

15535,29 S72-31027
15535,29
S72-31027

15535,29 S72-31044
15535,29
S72-31044

In Situ

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Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views

S71-44479
S71-44479

S71-44480
S71-44480

S71-44481
S71-44481

S71-44482
S71-44482

S71-44483
S71-44483

S71-44484
S71-44484

S71-48376
S71-48376

S71-48377
S71-48377

S71-48378
S71-48378

S71-48379
S71-48379

S71-48380
S71-48380

S71-48381
S71-48381

S71-48382
S71-48382

S71-48383
S71-48383

S71-48384
S71-48384

S71-48385
S71-48385

S71-59532
S71-59532

S71-59533
S71-59533

S71-60203
S71-60203

S71-60242
S71-60242

Stereo Views

S71-46850
S71-46850

S71-47027
S71-47027

S71-47028
S71-47028

S71-47029
S71-47029

S71-47030
S71-47030

S71-47031
S71-47031

S71-47032
S71-47032

Other Information

Lunar Sample Atlas    Lunar Sample15535

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