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Lunar Sample 15661

MissionApollo 15
Sample Typerake
Lithologybasalt
Locationcollected as a rake sample from the Terrace on Hadley Rille (station 9a, Apollo 15).
Descriptionrounded surface from micrometeorite bombardment (and is sort of shaped like a golf ball). However, it is vesicular, vuggy and has a few olivine phenocrysts; typical of olivine-normative basalts.

Thin Sections

15661,2 S71-61145
15661,2
S71-61145

15661,6 S71-61096
15661,6
S71-61096

15661,7 S72-17152
15661,7
S72-17152

15661,8 S72-18268
15661,8
S72-18268

15661,8 S72-18269
15661,8
S72-18269

15661,8 S72-18270
15661,8
S72-18270

15661,8 S72-18271
15661,8
S72-18271

15661,8 S72-18272
15661,8
S72-18272

15661,8 S72-18273
15661,8
S72-18273

15661,8 S72-18274
15661,8
S72-18274

In Situ

AS15-82-11123
AS15-82-11123

AS15-82-11151
AS15-82-11151

AS15-82-11152
AS15-82-11152

AS15-82-11153
AS15-82-11153

AS15-82-11154
AS15-82-11154

AS15-82-11155
AS15-82-11155

Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views

S71-49527
S71-49527

S71-49528
S71-49528

S71-49529
S71-49529

S71-49530
S71-49530

Other Information

Lunar Sample Atlas    Lunar Sample15661

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