Lunar Sample 15596
| Mission | Apollo 15 |
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| Lithology | basalt |
| Location | Lunar samples 15595 and 15596 were chipped from a small boulder near the edge of Hadley Rille in an area called The Terrace |
| Description | a finegrained, porphyritic mare basalt with conspicuously irregularly distributed vugs. 15596 has the same texture but with somewhat larger pyroxenes, and a groundmass that is more crystalline. |
Laboratory Views (Mug Shots)
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Thin Sections
 15596,1 S72-17141 |
 15596,1 S72-17145 |
 15596,12 JSC00780 |
 15596,12 JSC00781 |
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 15596,12 JSC00791 |
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 15596,12 JSC00793 |
 15596,12 JSC00794 |
 15596,12 S72-30986 |
 15596,13 S72-35283 |
 15596,14 S72-35256 |
 15596,15 S72-35302 |
 15596,16 S72-35288 |
In Situ
 AS15-82-11126 |
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 AS15-82-11145 |
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Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views
S71-44467 |
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 S72-15088 |
 S72-15096 |
 S72-15099 |
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Stereo Views
 S71-46802 |
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Other Information
Lunar Sample Atlas Lunar Sample15596
