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Lunar Sample Atlas

This library of images provides pictures of the Apollo samples taken in the Lunar Sample Laboratory, full-color views of the samples in microscopic thin-sections, cutting views and diagrams that illustrate how the samples were subdivided for scientific analyses, and in situ views of the samples on the lunar surface. The atlas contains information about the type of sample (e.g., rock, soil), the lithology (e.g., basalt, norite), and a description of the sample. Links to additional information about each sample are provided for those that have been previously described in The Lunar Sample Compendium and Lunar Sample Catalogs. Version 1 of the atlas is being released in August 2009. The process of scanning lunar sample images continues and the atlas will grow in the future.

Apollo 11
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
10005 core    
10017 rock basalt vesicular basalt
10047 rock basalt cristobalite basalt
10049 rock basalt fine-grained basalt
10084 soil-general   The contingency sample was taken in front of quad IV of the LM. The documented sample was collected 5 meters north of the LM, the bulk sample was collected in front of quad IV by pouring scoops of loose soil to fill the voids left between rock samples in the bulk sample container. 10084 is the bulk soil sample. Soil is fine grained and hard in this sample area. There are few fragments and it is difficult to scoop deeper than 5 cm below the surface.
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Apollo 12
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
12001 soil-general   12001 is <1 cm fraction of bulk regolith collected about 30 meters northwest of the LM on the first EVA traverse. Astronaut Conrad saw several beads of pure glass while collecting this sample. Fryxell reports that the fines are weakly coherent; they adhere to rocks and do not slump when the sample holder is tipped 45 degrees.
12002 rock basalt  
12003 soil >1 cm   12003 is coarse (>1cm) split from 12001, along with friable material from the bottom of the sample box. This was collected about 30 meters northwest of LM on EVA-1. These broken up fines from larger rocks do not make a statistical sample.
12004 rock basalt olivine basalt
12005 rock basalt holocrystalline, olivine basalt
12008 rock basalt cumulate (ilmenite) ?
12009 rock basalt  
12010      
12011 rock basalt holocrystalline
12014 rock basalt porphyritic olivine microgabbro
12015   basalt  
12018 rock basalt (terrestrial analogue) medium grained gabbro
12021   basalt  
12022   basalt  
12023   soil Trench sample 12023 (collected at a depth of 20 cm) was collected from the east rim of the 20 meter Sharp crater. The rim material is softer and lighter in ccolor than the surrounding material.
12024      
12025      
12027 core    
12028      
12030      
12031   basalt  
12032 soil-general   Surface soil 12032, along with several rocks were collected from the north rim of Bench crater. It includes some light gray material from just below the surace. Soil collected with "potato" rock 12053.
12033 soil-general   Trench sample 12033 was collected 15 cm below the surface, 15 meters from the northwest rim of Head Crater near 12031. The trench bottom is lighter in color than the surace materials. Astronauts otice more large blocks on the west side of benchcrater than on the east.
12034      
12035   basalt  
12036   basalt  
12037   basalt Soil sample in same sample bag as 12036, a friable basalt. Both were collected near the site of 12035 on the NW rim of Bench crater. Because it includes much broken material from the friable basalt, it is not statistically a soil sample.
12038 rock basalt holocrystalline; diabase (terrestrial analogue);
12039   basalt  
12041 soil-general   Soil sample collected about 50 m east of the rim of Bench crater. Sample consists mostly of ine particles but includes a 6.4 mm glass sphere.
12042     12042 is a surface soil taken on the outer flank of Surveyor crater rim, 50 m NW of Halo crater. The sample area is strewn with cohesive clods or aggregates showing a "wrinkled texture". Perhaps this indicates an area of secondary ejecta.
12043   basalt  
12044 soil-general   Soil 12044 and rock 12043 were collected from the south rim of Surveyor crater. Astronauts observed a prominent double glass bead on the surface.
12045   basalt  
12046   basalt  
12047   basalt  
12051   basalt  
12052   basalt  
12053   basalt  
12054   basalt  
12055   basalt  
12063 rock basalt diabase (terrestrial analogue); ilmenite microgabbro similar to Apollo 11 (Chao)
12065 rock basalt diabase (terrestrial analogue); holocrystalline
12070      
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Apollo 14
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
14006 rock   Sample 14006 was collected as part of the contingency sample during the first EVA in the vicinity of the lunar module. It was returned in weigh bag 1039 along with the rest of the contingency sample;
14035      
14041     Samples 14041-14046 are fragments from a fractured clod tht broke apart when it was collected by Astronaut Mitchell, collected from Station A, 150 m NW of LM and 90 m N of North Triplet Crater; samples 14041, 14042, 14043, and 14045 are large enough to be considered rocks; sample 14044 is residue and sample 14046 is composed of chips and fines; placed in documented bag 3N and returned in ALSRC 1006.
14042 rock   Samples 14041-14046 are fragments from a fractured clod tht broke apart when it was collected by Astronaut Mitchell, collected from Station A, 150 m NW of LM and 90 m N of North Triplet Crater; samples 14041, 14042, 14043, and 14045 are large enough to be considered rocks; sample 14044 is residue and sample 14046 is composed of chips and fines; placed in documented bag 3N and returned in ALSRC 1006.
14045     Samples 14041-14046 are fragments from a fractured clod tht broke apart when it was collected by Astronaut Mitchell, collected from Station A, 150 m NW of LM and 90 m N of North Triplet Crater; samples 14041, 14042, 14043, and 14045 are large enough to be considered rocks; sample 14044 is residue and sample 14046 is composed of chips and fines; placed in documented bag 3N and returned in ALSRC 1006.
14046      
14047 rock   Sample 14047 was collected at Station B, 330 m NE of LM and 65 m NNW of the rim of Weird Crater. It was placed in documented bag 5N and returned in ALSRC 1006.
14048      
14049 rock   Sample 14049 was collected during the second EVA from Station Bg; placed in bag 6N by the astronauts who said they collected it from a crater rim. The lunar location and orientation are not documented by lunar surface photographs. It is a fragmental rock and is extremely friable and soft.
14051 rock   Sample 14051 was collected at station C' which was located 1.29 km ENE of LM and approximately 95 m SE of the rim of Cone Crater. The sample was collected on a gentle southward slope and was partly buried. The area was characterized by abundant fragments ranging from the limit of resolution up to 1.5 m blocks. The sample was returned in documented bag 7N in ALSRC 1006.
14052      
14053 rock basalt holocrystalline, fine-grained, equigranular mare basalt (Carlson and Walton 1978); basalt (Wilshire and Jackson 1972) and (Quaide and Wrigley 1972); and mare basalt (Simonds et al 1977)
14054      
14055 rock other F1 Breccia, friable with light clasts (Wilshire and Jackson 1972); porous unshocked regolith microbreccia (Chao et al. 1972); glass rich regolith with breccia (von Engelhardt et al. 1972); and vitric matrix breccia (VMB) (Simonds et al. 1977)
14056 soil-general   Sample 14056 was collected from station E during the second EVA. It was returned in bag 15N along with samples 14055-14062; sample is extremely friable and appears to be coherent soil clod, medium brownish in color.
14057   soil Sample 14057 was collected from Station E during the second EVA. It was returned in bag 15N in ALSRC 1006 along with samples 14055-14062. Sample is very friable and is brownish gray in color.
14058 rock   Sample 14058 was collected from station E during the second EVA. It was placed in bag 15N and returned in ALSRC 1006 along with 14055-14062. Sample is subangular, elongate rock tapered at one end. It is olive gray in color and is fine-grained with fragments larger than 1 mm comprising 15% of the rock.
14059     Sample 14059 was collected during the second EVA from station E. It was placed in bag 15N by the astronauts, and returned in ALSRC 1006 along with samples 14055-14062. Sample consists of two pieces, larger being irregular in shap and smaller being subrounded.
14060 rock   Sample 14060 was collected from station E during the second EVA. It was placed in bag 15N by the astronauts and returned in ALSRC 1006 along with 14055-14062. Sample is well rounded (almost spherical), friable, fragmental rock and is medium gray in color.
14061     Sample 14061 was collected druing the second EVA from station E. It was placed in bag 15N by the astronauts and returned in ALSRC 1006 along with 14055-14062. (Sample 14062 is residue). Sample is friable and appears grayish brown in color. It is an equidimensional, subrounded block.
14063 rock   So-Called "White Rocks"; friable with dark clasts (Wilshire and Jackson 1972); annealed or slightly annealed, feldspathic Fra Mauro breccia (Chao et al 1972); "white rock breccia" (Quaide and Wrigley 1972);
14064 rock   Sample 14064 was collected in the White Rocks area at Station C1 and was returned in bag 16 along with 14063 and 14065 (residue) in ALSRC 1006. There was a strong feeling at the LRL that 14064 and 14063 are parts of the same rock because not only do they look very much alike, but 14064 has a protruding 1 cm clast, while 14063 has a 1 cm clast mold. Shepard stated that he had put "a couple" of hand specimens into bag 16, which is what was found. Sample 14064 is one of those studied by the Imbrium Consortium. Sample is pale gray with leucocratic matrix and contains approximately 40% clasts and 60% matrix. The sample is friable "white rock".
14066 rock   Sample 14066 was collected at Station F on the second EVA. The sample was found in the vicinity of Weird Crater. Sample was returned in documented bay 17N in ALSRC 1006. It is essentally a grab sample and is moderately friable with a blocky subround to subangular surface. It is very light gray in color with some large, darker gray clasts.
14067      
14068 rock   Sample 14068 was collected during the second EVA from station C1 and placed in bag number 10. It is one of the surface rocks collected while a gray layer, just under the surface, was samples 14140-14143; blocky, gray, coherent, holocrystalline, melt rock with less than 5% clasts.
14069 rock breccia Sample 14069 was collected at Station C1, 1.28 km ENE of the LM and 100 m SE of the rim of Cone Crater during the second EVA. The material at C1 appears to be material originally ejected from Cone Crater and re-ejected from a 30 m crater just south of Station C1 (Swann et al., 1977). Sample is block, gray, finely crystalline breccia with a sugary texture.
14070 rock breccia Sample 14070 was collected from Station C1, 1.28 km ENE of the LM, and 100 m SE of the rim of Cone Crater during the second EVA. It appears to have been ejected from Cone Crater that was later re-ejected from a 30 m crater in the vicinity (Swann et. al., 1977). This is a blocky, subangular, coherent, light gray, crystalline breccia that is similar to 14069.
14071   breccia Sample 14071 was collected at Station C1 approximately 1.28 km ENE of LM and 100 m SE of Cone Crater. The area is locally flat with a slight southerly slope. The sample was collected amongst abundant debris ranging in size from the limit of resoution up to 75 cm. The photo-documented area was too disturbed to be able to see any intact craters. The sample was returned in documented bay 10N in ALSRC 1006. All the samples collected in the vicinity of 14071 are blocky and angular to subrounded with very rough surfaces.
14072 rock basalt Sample 14072 was collected at Station C1 approximately 1.28 km ENE of LM and 100 m SE of Cone Crater. The area is locally flat but generally slopes slightly to the south. The area is strewn with debris which ranges in size from the limit of resoution up to 75 cm. The debris is mainly angular to subrounded. The entire area of photo documentation is too disturbed to see any intact craters. The sample was returned in documented bag 10N in ALSRC 1006. Sample is medium light gray basalt and is somewhat smooth in appearance. The shape is blocky to subrounded and the rock is extremely coherent.
14073 rock   Samples 14073, 14074, 14078, and 14079 came from the bottome of a trench taken at Station G, 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet Rim Crust. The are is marked by a nearly level terrain with sparse amount of debris scattered throughout. The debris ranges in size from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. There is a moderate abundance of subdued 20 to 50 cm craters in the area. All samples were returned in documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006 and are very light gray, very coherent, holocrystalline, melt rocks.
14074 rock   Samples 14073, 14074, 14078, and 14079 came from the bottome of a trench taken at Station G, 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet Rim Crust. The are is marked by a nearly level terrain with sparse amount of debris scattered throughout. The debris ranges in size from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. There is a moderate abundance of subdued 20 to 50 cm craters in the area. All samples were returned in documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006 and are very light gray, very coherent, holocrystalline, melt rocks.
14075 rock   Sample 14075 was collected at the bottom of the trench at Station G 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet rim crust. The area is characterized by a nearly level regolith surface which is sparsely strewn by fragmental debris. The size of the debris varies from the limit of resolution to 60 cm. It is small, subangular, blocky rock chip of a moderately coherent fragmental rock with a moderately smooth surface. The color is a ight gray. The sample was returned I documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006.
14076 rock   Sample 14076 was collected at the bottom of the trench at Station G, 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet rim crest. Area in general is nearly level and lightly strewn with debris. The size of the debris ranges from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. There is a moderate amount of subhedral 20 to 50 cm craters. The sample was returned in documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006 and is medium light gray in color.
14077 rock   Sample 14077 was collected at Station G locted 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet rim crust. It was collected from the bottom of the trench sample. The general area is more or less level and sparsely covered with debris. The size of the debris ranges from limit of resolution of 60 cm. The area has a moderate abundance of 20 to 50 cm craters mot of which are subdued. It was returned in documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006 and is a very light gray holocrystalline plagioclase-rich rock and is fine-grained and inequigranular.
14078 rock   Samples 14073, 14074, 14078, and 14079 came from the bottome of a trench taken at Station G, 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet Rim Crust. The are is marked by a nearly level terrain with sparse amount of debris scattered throughout. The debris ranges in size from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. There is a moderate abundance of subdued 20 to 50 cm craters in the area. All samples were returned in documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006 and are very light gray, very coherent, holocrystalline, melt rocks.
14079 rock   Samples 14073, 14074, 14078, and 14079 came from the bottome of a trench taken at Station G, 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of North Triplet Rim Crust. The are is marked by a nearly level terrain with sparse amount of debris scattered throughout. The debris ranges in size from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. There is a moderate abundance of subdued 20 to 50 cm craters in the area. All samples were returned in documented bag 20N in ALSRC 1006 and are very light gray, very coherent, holocrystalline, melt rocks.
14080 rock   Samples 14080 and 14081 were taken from the middle of the trench at Station G 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of the Triplet rim crust. The general area from where the sample was taken is characterized by a nearly level terrain sparsely scattered with debris. The size of the debris varies from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. The area is also characterized by a moderate abundance of subdued 20 to 50 cm craters and were returned in documented bay 21N in ALSRC 1006. Both are light gray in color and very fine grained. The are both polymicts and contain abundant glass. Both are friable being made up of < 1 mm rock/soil fragments bonded by glass. They could be pieces of the sample but in their present state, they cannot be fitted together.
14081 rock   Samples 14080 and 14081 were taken from the middle of the trench at Station G 230 m ESE of LM and 50 m E of the Triplet rim crust. The general area from where the sample was taken is characterized by a nearly level terrain sparsely scattered with debris. The size of the debris varies from the limit of resolution up to 60 cm. The area is also characterized by a moderate abundance of subdued 20 to 50 cm craters and were returned in documented bay 21N in ALSRC 1006. Both are light gray in color and very fine grained. The are both polymicts and contain abundant glass. Both are friable being made up of < 1 mm rock/soil fragments bonded by glass. They could be pieces of the sample but in their present state, they cannot be fitted together.
14082 rock breccia Samples 14082/14083 are white rocks collected at Station C1, 1.24 km ENE of the LM and 17 m SE of the rim of Cone Crater. They are representative of one of the major rock types as seen in lunar photo documentation. The sample was chipped from the top of White Rock, a 1 m breccia boulder with consipicous 1 cm dark and light clasts in a very light gray matrix. This sample was placed in bag 13N and returned in ALSRC 1006. By the time it had arrived at the LRL, it had broken into two pieces and these were numbered 14082 and 14083. Sample 14082 was studied extensively by the Ibrium Consortium, from which much of this information is derived. Sample 14082/14083 is one of the white rocks. It is a polymict breccia with a very light gray matrix and darker lithic clasts.
14083 rock breccia Samples 14082/14083 are white rocks collected at Station C1, 1.24 km ENE of the LM and 17 m SE of the rim of Cone Crater. They are representative of one of the major rock types as seen in lunar photo documentation. The sample was chipped from the top of White Rock, a 1 m breccia boulder with consipicous 1 cm dark and light clasts in a very light gray matrix. This sample was placed in bag 13N and returned in ALSRC 1006. By the time it had arrived at the LRL, it had broken into two pieces and these were numbered 14082 and 14083. Sample 14082 was studied extensively by the Ibrium Consortium, from which much of this information is derived. Sample 14082/14083 is one of the white rocks. It is a polymict breccia with a very light gray matrix and darker lithic clasts.
14084      
14140      
14141 soil-general soil Samples 14140, 14141, 14142, 14143, 14144 and 14068, 14069, 14070, 14071, and 14072 were collected 3 meters from the rim of a 15 meter crater just south of Cone crater. 14141 is a surface soil identified by crew as a light gray layer, 14068 through 14072 is a sample of some surface rocks in the area. The area near the rim of Cone crater is strewn with boulders up to 3 meters.
14142      
14143      
14144      
14148   soil 14145, 14146, 14147, and 14148 collected from the top of the trench; 14153, 14154, 14155, and 14156 is mixed material from the middle two layers, 14080 and 14081 below that, and 14073, 14074, 14075, 14076, 14077, 14078, and 14079 and 14149, 14150, 14151, and 14152 from the bottom of a 40 cm trench. Astronaut Shepard reports the surface fines were so loose the trench walls kept falling in and layered materials were mixed. Bottom layers have pebble in it.
14149   soil 14145, 14146, 14147, and 14148 collected from the top of the trench; 14153, 14154, 14155, and 14156 is mixed material from the middle two layers, 14080 and 14081 below that, and 14073, 14074, 14075, 14076, 14077, 14078, and 14079 and 14149, 14150, 14151, and 14152 from the bottom of a 40 cm trench. Astronaut Shepard reports the surface fines were so loose the trench walls kept falling in and layered materials were mixed. Bottom layers have pebble in it.
14156   soil Trench sample collected at Station G 30 m NE of North Triplet crater. 14145, 14146, 14147, and 14148 collected from the top of the rench, 14153, 14154, 14155, 14156 is mixed material from the middle two layers including a thin layer of glassy pebbles, 14080 and 14081 below that, and 14073, 14074, 14075, 14076, 14077, 14078, 14079, 14149, 14150, 14151, and 14152 from the bottom of the 40 cm trench. Astronaut Shepard reports the surface fines were so loose the trench walls kept falling in the layered materials mixed.
14163   soil 14160, 14161, 14162, 14163, 14402, 14422, 14425 through 14453 collected 15 m NW of LM. Samples collected from the bottom of a 1 m crater with glass in the bottom; Astronaut Shepard identifies the crater as secondary. Sample area is level and free of large blocks.
14165      
14166      
14167      
14168      
14169   breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14170   breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14171     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14172     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14173     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14174     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14175     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14176     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14177     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14178     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14179     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14180     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14181     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14182     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14183     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14184     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169 - 14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14185     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169-14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14186     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169-14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14187     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples ( 14169-14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14188     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. These samples (14169-14188) contain a seriate distribution of clasts as large as two centimeters across. The samples are all polymict breccias with fragmental matrices.
14189      
14194 rock breccia Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a light gray, moderately friable, polymict breccia which appears to be bounded by freshly broken surface.
14195 rock   Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a coherent, medium to dark gray, fragmental rock.
14196 rock   Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a friable, polymict breccia similar to 14051 or 14066.
14197     Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is very fine grained and appears to be completely recrystallized.
14198     Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a crystalline rock.
14199 rock basalt Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a freshly fractured, polymict breccia.
14200 rock basalt Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a fragment of very fine grained basaltic crystalline rock.
14201 rock breccia Weigh bag 1031 was used on the traverse during the second EVA. Samples 14194-14201 are small rock fragments that were left in weight bag 1031 after samples 14306-14311 were removed. Their lunar location and orientation are unknown and there are no lunar surface photographs of these samples. Some of these are probably pieces broken off the larger rocks during transit. This sample is a fine grained polymict breccia similar to 14042.
14210 core    
14211 core    
14220 core    
14230 core soil Intended to be a triple core tube, but driving became hard after a tube and a quarter, and material in the top tube fell out. Area generally level and free of large blocks. This sample from the top of three stratigraphic units of core.
14240      
14250     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14250 is a medium gray, blocky, subangular, moderately friable, seriate fragmental rock.
14251     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14251 is a medium gray, blocky, friable, fragmental rock.
14252 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14252 is a medium gray, friable, fragmental rock. It is subround to angular, appearing to be 1/4 of a sphere.
14253 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14253 is a gray, angular, block, homogeneous, crystalline breccia.
14254 rock soil The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14254 is gray soil, adhering to frothy black glass and is highly irregular in shape.
14255 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14255 is a medium gray, subangular, blocky, friable fragmental rock.
14256     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14257     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14258     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14259   soil This scoop sample is part of the comprehensive sample collected 110 m WNW of LM along with 14165 through 14189, 14250 through 14289, 14298 through 14300, and 14420. All samples were collected from within a 4 m circle drawn by Astronaut Shepard. Astronaut Mitchell reports, "The number of surface rocks, or rocks compared with the number of surface fines is very small Houston. There's a few boulders lying around and there's a few blocks around some of the craters, but by and large, it's a powdery surface."
14260   soil Surface soil sample is part of comprehensive sample collected 110 WNW of LM with 14165 through 14189, 14250 through 14289, 14298 through 14300 and 14421. All samples, including many walnut sized rocks were collected within a 4 m circle drawn by Astronaut Shepard. 14260 was collected from the top 1 cm of an undisturbed region with this circle. Area is generally level and free of boulders.
14261     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14263     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14264 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14264 is a dark gray, blocky, tough fragmental rock, described by Phinney et al. (1975) as a vitric (matrix) breccia.
14265 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14265 is angular, with half the surface coated with dark greenish gray to black glass. The rock is a medium dark gray, coherent fragmental rock.
14266 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14266 is a light medium gray, rounded, slabby, tough, fragmental matrix, polymict breccia.
14267 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14267 is a blocky, angular, dark gray, tough, vitric (matrix) breccia.
14268 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14268 is described by Phinney et al. (1975) as a blocky, medium dark gray, vitric (matrix) breccia.
14269 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14269 is a dark medium gray, frgmental microbreccia with one rounded side.
14270 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14270 is a blocky, medium greenish gray fine-grained crystalline breccia.
14271 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14271 is a blocky, dark medium vitric (matrix) breccia with light gray clasts.
14272 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14272 is a blocky medium dark gray coherent vitric (matrix) breccia.
14273 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14273 is a medium dark gray, vitric (matrix) breccia.
14274 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14274 is a light medium gray, blocky, tough, crystalline, polymict breccia.
14275 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14275 is a medium light gray, blocky, polymict breccia.
14276 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14276 is a brownish-gray, blocky, coherent, medium-grained, crystalline rock.
14277 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14277 is a dark gray, blocky, coherent vitric (matrix) breccia.
14278 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14278 is a medium light gray, subrounded, coherent, low-grade, polymict breccia.
14279 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14279 is medium light gray in color, blocky, rounded to subrounded in shape, and is a coherent, polymict breccia with a fragmented matrix.
14280 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14280 is a medium dark gray, angular block of vitric (matrix) breccia.
14281 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14281 is a medium dark gray, subrounded to angular block of coherent, vitric (matrix) breccia.
14282 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14282 is a medium gray, friable, fragmental rock (soil breccia).
14283 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14283 is a light gray, slabby, angular, coherent, crystalline, polymict breccia.
14284 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14284 is a subrounded, medium gray, coherent, fragmental rock.
14285 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14285 is a light medium gray, coherent, polymict breccia.
14286 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14286 is a medium brownish-gray fragmental rock.
14287 rock   The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14287 is a medium brownish gray, coherent, fragmental rock that is blocky and angular in shape.
14288 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14288 is a medium dark gray, vitric (matrix) breccia. It is blocky and angular in shpe and is coherent.
14289     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Sample 14288 is a medium dark gray, vitric (matrix) breccia. It is blocky and angular in shpe and is coherent.
14290   soil The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14291   soil The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14292   soil The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14293   soil The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14294   breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Weigh bag 1038 was used to hold rocks and fragments from Station H, EVA-2. The largest samples are numbered 14312-14320 and the residue is 14290-14297. Samples 14294-14297 are the largest fragments of the residue. Sample 14294 is a breccia with one rounded side and one angular side. It is grayish brown on the rounded surface and light to medium gray on the fresh surface.
14295 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Weigh bag 1038 was used to hold rocks and fragments from Station H, EVA-2. The largest samples are numbered 14312-14320 and the residue is 14290-14297. Samples 14294-14297 are the largest fragments of the residue. Sample 14295 is a fine grained, polymict breccia with 5% clasts larger than 1 mm and 95% matrix grains smaller than 1 mm in size.
14296 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Weigh bag 1038 was used to hold rocks and fragments from Station H, EVA-2. The largest samples are numbered 14312-14320 and the residue is 14290-14297. Samples 14294-14297 are the largest fragments of the residue. Sample 14296 is a light ray, angular, flat, polymict breccia chip.
14297 rock breccia The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs. Weigh bag 1038 was used to hold rocks and fragments from Station H, EVA-2. The largest samples are numbered 14312-14320 and the residue is 14290-14297. Samples 14294-14297 are the largest fragments of the residue. Sample 14297 is a polymict breccia with an unusual clast mineralogy.
14298     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14299     The purpose of the Comprehensive Sample (14169-14188; 14250-14299) was to acquire a statistically significant set of small rock samples to petrographically characterize the distribution of rock types in the lunar regolith. The sample location was selected 100 to 125 m west of the LM. A two to three meter diameter circle was marked and all of the walnut sized rocks on the surface within the circle were collected with tongs.
14300      
14301 rock breccia Sample 14301 is one of two samples (14301 and 14313) collected at Station G1, 150 m east of the LM on the north rim crest of North Triplet Crater during the second EVA. According to the astronauts, the rock appeared to be similar to the other rocks in the area; these appear to be ejecta from North Triplet Crater. Except for samples dug from trenches, 14301 was the most deeply buried rock returned during the Apollo 14 mission (Swann et al., 1977). This sample was larger then anticipated, and was placed directly in weigh bag 1031 (?) by the astronauts. Sample 14301 is a moderately coherent, light medium gray, polymict breccia. It consists of at least 20% clasts larger than 1mm.
14302 rock    
14303 rock breccia These samples (14303 and 14304) are pieces of a football-size rock collected from a location 80 m NNW of the LM during EVA 1. This rock was almost completely buried in the regolith and its orientation is unknown. Both of these samples have freshly broken surfaces. They were first identified as pieces of the same rock in March, 1977, when the models of the rock were found to fit together along their freshly broken surfaces. They share a common lithology which is especially evident along the broken surfaces. These samples were returned together in weigh bag 1027 which also contained samples 14305/302 and various smaller chips (see Phinney et al., 1975). These samples were examined in the CRA and NNPL by the PET< and 14303 was extensively distributed for scientific experimentation. Sample 14304 has been designated a posterity sample. This rock (14303) is a coherent, gray, block to subrounded breccia.
14304 rock breccia These samples (14303 and 14304) are pieces of a football-size rock collected from a location 80 m NNW of the LM during EVA 1. This rock was almost completely buried in the regolith and its orientation is unknown. Both of these samples have freshly broken surfaces. They were first identified as pieces of the same rock in March, 1977, when the models of the rock were found to fit together along their freshly broken surfaces. They share a common lithology which is especially evident along the broken surfaces. These samples were returned together in weigh bag 1027 which also contained samples 14305/302 and various smaller chips (see Phinney et al., 1975). These samples were examined in the CRA and NNPL by the PET, and 14303 was extensively distributed for scientific experimentation. Sample 14304 has been designated a posterity sample.
14305 rock breccia broken apart during transit to LRL and numberd 14305 / 14302 and 14303 / 14304; sample 14302 was later renumbered 14305,18. The sample is a medium gray, holocrystalline, clast rich breccia which has been well-sintered together.
14306 rock breccia Sample 14306 is a fragmental rock collected at station G, 230 meters ESE of the lunar module (LM), and 50 meters E of the rrim crest of North Triplet Crater. It is said to be somewhat more tabular and less irregular than 60 cm boulder but similar to it in color and albedo. The lunar location and orientation are well documented. This sample is gray with ~25% white clasts and is blocky in shape. The rock is a coherent breccia.
14307 rock breccia Breccia sample 14307 was collected during the second EVA at station G. This sample was not well-documented because its position had already been changed by the time it was collected. There are no lunar surface photographs of 14307, and its lunar orientation is only known through surface pitting. The rock was placed in documented bag 25N and returned to weigh bag 1031. This is a block, subrounded rock with an irregular surface. The color varies from white to dark gray. The rock is friable, but suffieciently strong to prevent clasts from falling out.
14308      
14309 rock breccia Sample 14309 was collected sometime during the second EVA. No lunar-surface photographs were made, nor are the location and orientation known. The sample was returned in weight bag 1031 with other grap samples from EVA 2. Sample 14309 is a moderately friable, vitric matrix breccia.
14310 rock   Crystalline Sample 14310 was collected during the second EVA at Station G. The collection was not well documented -- no lunar-surface photographs were made, and the orientation is known only from surface pitting. This rock is a medium, gray, blocky melt rock, which is subrounded on the pitted sides. It is fine grained and homogeneous in mineralogy.
14311 rock breccia Breccia sample 14311 was collected during EVA 2 at station Dg. Lunar surface photographs were not taken and the orientation is estimated from surface pitting. Sample 14308 consisted of 3 pieces which PET found to have been part of 14311 and are included herein. These three pieces were renumbered 14311,26; 14311,64; and 14311,65. This sample is a gray coherent breccia which is broken into pieces along fractures. There are only a few fragments >1 mm (<5%) and the rock is mostly (95%) crystalline matrix.
14312 rock breccia Sample 14312 is a breccia collected from the top of Turtle Rock during EVA 2 at Station H. Its lunar orientation and location were well documented. Turkle Rock is the largest of several boulders at Station H, and the two rocks on it were nicknamed "turtle eggs", and collected as samples 14312 and 14319; rock is medium gray, coherent breccia which is partly covered with glass.
14313 rock breccia Breccia sample 14313 was collected during the second EVA at Station G1, 150 m east of LM, on north rim crest of North Triplet Crater. It was placed in documented bag 27N. Its lunar location and orientation are well documented. This is a medium light gray, coherent, fragmental breccia with a distrinctive shape due to a prominent notch produced by spalling along two sets of fractures intersecting at an angle of 150 degrees.
14314 rock breccia Sample 14314 is a breccia sample collected during the second EVA at Station H. It was collected from the fillet below Turtle Rock, 80 meters NW of the LM. The fillet slopes 2-3 degrees to the flat regolith and has abundant rocks up to 30 cm in size distributed in it. The rock is a friable breccia, medium to light gray on its fresh surface and dark brownish gray elsewhere. Approximately 40% of the surface is glass covered.
14315   breccia Sample 14315 is a breccia collected from Station H (North Boulder Field) during EVA 2. Its lunar location is documented as bieing 15 m SE of Turtle Rock and 70 m NW of the LM, but the lunar orientation is tentative. It was returned in weight bag 1038. This coherent, gray breccia has a rounded surface and an angular flat underside.
14316 rock breccia Sample 14316 is a breccia collected at Station H during EVA 2. It has not been identified in lunar surface photographs, so its exact lunar location and orientation are unknown. It was returned in weigh bag 1038. This rock is a medium gray, inhomogeneous, fragmental breccia with one flat face. There is a predominance of leucocratic clasts.
14317 rock breccia Breccia sample 14317 was collected at Station H during the second EVA but has not been identified in the North Boulder Field photographs, so its lunar location is tentative, and lunar orientation, unknown. It was returned in weigh bag 1038. This rock is a medium gray, coherent breccia.
14318 rock breccia Breccia sample 14318 was collected from the regolith near the south end of North Boulder Field at Station H during the second EVA. It was returned in weigh bag 1038. Sample 14318 is one of the specimens chosen for study by the Imbrium Consortium, who received 14318,0. A complete set of matched thin sections, across the entire specimen was made by the Consortium (1976); This sample is a very coherent, gray, polymict breccia consisting of light gray clasts in a medium gray matrix.
14319 rock breccia Breccia sample 14319 is the western rock from the top of Turtle Rock ("turtle eggs"). This sample as well as 14312 were collected from Turtle Rock at Station H during the second EVA and returned in weigh bag 1038. Its lunar orientation and location have been well documented. It appears to be similar to Turtle Rock and the other rocks in the area. This is alight-medium gray coherent breccia which is flat on one side and rounded on the other side.
14320   breccia This breccia was collected from North Boulder Field from Station h during EVA 2. The sample has not been identified in lunar surface photographs so the lunar location is only tentative and the lunar orientation is unknown. Sample 14320 was returned in weight bag 1038. This is a medium gray, coherent, polymict breccia.
14321 rock breccia largest sample returned during Apollo 14 mission; also known as "Big Bertha". This sample is the third largest sample returned by any Apollo mission. This breccia was collected during the second EVA at Station C1, near the rim of Cone Crater. A voice transcript made during the collection, as well as a more detailed discussion of the lunar environment can be found in Geological Survey Professional Paper 880 (Swann et al., 1977). The sample was returned in bag 1038. This large sample is typical of the apparently dominent rock type in the Cone Crater ejecta blanket. It is a moderately well-indurated breccia, in which predominately dark clasts are set in a lighter matrix. The relative abundance of this rock type suggests that it is probalby representative of the Fra Mauro Formation. This rock, 14321, is a partly annealed, moderately coherent polymict breccia. The blocky surface is gray with patches of black and white.
14411      
14414      
14421      
14426 rock breccia This sample is a polymict breccia which is broken into two pieces which are similar. The sample is a friable, fine grained, polymict breccia with textural and mineralogic homogeniety.
14427 rock   This sample is a fine grained clastic rock composed of white feldspar and black glass.
14428 rock breccia Sample 14428 is a vesicular breccia with a crystalline matrix.
14429 rock breccia Sample 14429 is a slightly vesicular polymict breccia similar to 14428.
14430   breccia Sample 14430 is a medium to light gray, polymict breccia
14431 rock   Sample 14431 is a light gray, crystalline rock
14434      
14435 rock   Sample 14435 is a holocrystalline, equigranular, coherent rock which appears to have been freshly broken.
14436 rock   Sample 14436 is a brownish gray sample which may be either an igneous rock or a dense, fine grained, fragmental rock.
14437 rock   Sample 14437 is a fragmental rock with all grains smaller than 1 mm and no lithic fragments.
14438 rock   Sample 141438 is a medium to light brownish gray, fragmental rock.
14439 rock   This sample consists of two, small, subequal pieces of a fragmental rock.
14440 rock   This sample is a blocky, angular, medium gray, holocrystalline rock with smooth, unpitted surfaces.
14441 rock   This is a medium to dark gray, coherent, fragmental rock with a pronounced conical shape.
14442 rock   Sample 14442 is a small, blocky, friable, medium gray fragment which resembles siltstone in appearance.
14443 rock   The sample is a dust covered, slightly elongated, holocrystalline rock.
14444 rock   This is a very light gray, coherent, holocrystalline rock with 4% megacrysts.
14445 rock breccia Sample 14445 is a blocky, subangular, medium gray, hackly, polymict breccia with moderate cohesiveness.
14446 rock   This sample consists of four small chips of plagioclase-rich rock.
14447 rock   This small sample is blocky and angular in shape, it has a very hackly surface. It appears to be an agglometation of fine grained clastics that is held together with glass.
14448 rock   This sample is an agglomerate of fine grained, clastic rocks held together by spatter glass.
14449 rock   Sample 14449 is a gray, friable, freshly broken chip of clastic rock.
14450 rock   The sample is an agglomerate of friable, clastic clods bonded by dark gray to honey brown vesicular glass.
14451 rock   This sample is a very light gray, coherent, massive, inequigranular, holocrystalline rock.
14452 rock   Sample is a fine grained, gray, clastic rock.
14453 rock breccia This is a banded, light gray, slightly flattened, breccia chip.
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Apollo 15
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
15001 core   Deep core 15001 through 15006 was taken at Station 8, 5 m southeast of the trench. Area has a smooth hummocky surface with fine grained material and rare cobble-sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. Astronauts report a hard layer at a depht of 35 cm at the trench; this layer may exist in the core as well.
15002 core   Deep core 15001 through 15006 was taken at Station 8, 5 m southeast of the trench. Area has a smooth hummocky surface with fine grained material and rare cobble-sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. Astronauts report a hard layer at a depht of 35 cm at the trench; this layer may exist in the core as well.
15003 core   Deep core 15001 through 15006 was taken at Station 8, 5 m southeast of the trench. Area has a smooth hummocky surface with fine grained material and rare cobble-sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. Astronauts report a hard layer at a depht of 35 cm at the trench; this layer may exist in the core as well.
15004 core   Deep core 15001 through 15006 was taken at Station 8, 5 m southeast of the trench. Area has a smooth hummocky surface with fine grained material and rare cobble-sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. Astronauts report a hard layer at a depht of 35 cm at the trench; this layer may exist in the core as well.
15005 core   Deep core 15001 through 15006 was taken at Station 8, 5 m southeast of the trench. Area has a smooth hummocky surface with fine grained material and rare cobble-sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. Astronauts report a hard layer at a depht of 35 cm at the trench; this layer may exist in the core as well.
15006 core   Deep core 15001 through 15006 was taken at Station 8, 5 m southeast of the trench. Area has a smooth hummocky surface with fine grained material and rare cobble-sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. Astronauts report a hard layer at a depht of 35 cm at the trench; this layer may exist in the core as well.
15007 core   Double core 15007 through 15008 was collected at Station 2, 5m SE of the large boulder on the rim of a 10m crater. Local concentrations of clods on the crater rim, but the site mostly has fine grained character. Lack of blocks suggests a mature, intensely gardened regolith.
15008 core   Double core 15007 through 15008 was collected at Station 2, 5m SE of the large boulder on the rim of a 10m crater. Local concentrations of clods on the crater rim, but the site mostly has fine grained character. Lack of blocks suggests a mature, intensely gardened regolith.
15009 core    
15010 core   Double core 15010-15011 was collected at Station 9A 20 m N of the rim of Hadley Rille. The site is level with no fresh craters apparent; fragments <20 cm are common, boulders >1m are scattered. Core area was undisturbed by footprings before sampling, even the uppermost part of the core should be undisturbed.
15011 core soil Double core 15010-15011 was collected at Station 9A 20 m N of the rim of Hadley Rille. The site is level with no fresh craters apparent; fragments <20 cm are common, boulders >1m are scattered. Core area was undisturbed by footprings before sampling, even the uppermost part of the core should be undisturbed.
15012   soil Soil collected with rock fragments 15260 through 15264 from the bottom of a trench dug into the south rim of a 12 m cratr at Station 6. The rim of this crater is asymmetric; the north rim is hard, granular, and littered with fragments, and the south rim is softer and smoother.
15013      
15014 soil-general    
15016      
15017      
15018      
15019      
15020   soil This is the contingency sample collected 12 m west of the LM +Z footpad. The surface material here is soft and fine grained. The sample was taken on a small flat between two subdued 1 m craters. The sample sieved includes a 1.1g glass coated microbreccia, but excludes a 77 gm coherent breccia.
15027      
15028      
15030 soil-general   At Station 8, Astronaut Irwin dug the deep trench; samples 15030 through 15034 were taken from the bottom of the trench. The trench area is similar to the area near the ALSEP, a smooth, hummocky surface of fine grained material with rare, cobble sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. The trench wall was described by the astronauts as uniform, with perhaps a slight color darkening in the middle part, above a hard layer which was not penetrated, but just reached at a depth of about 35 cm.
15031      
15032      
15033      
15034      
15040     At Station 8 Astronaut Irwin dug the deep trench; samples 15040 through 15044 were taken from the tope of the trench. The trench area is similar to the area near the ALSEP, a smooth, hummocky surface of fine grained material with rare, cobble sized fragments not visibly related to any particular crater. The trench wall was described by the astronauts as uniform, with perhaps a slight color darkening in the middle part, above a hard layer which was not penetrated, but just reached at a depth of about 35 cm. One small fresh crater occurs a few meters north of the trench, but it is too distant to add a significant layer of ejecta to the top of the trench area.
15041      
15042      
15043      
15044      
15058      
15059   breccia  
15065      
15070   soil Soil 15070, rock sample 15075, and rock sample 15076 were taken from a small area about 25 m east of the rim of Elbow crater at Station 1. The samples were taken as the middle part of a three part radial sample of the ejecta blanket of Elbow crater. The soil and two rock samples were placed in the same sample bag.
15071      
15072      
15073      
15074      
15075      
15076      
15080      
15081      
15082      
15083      
15084      
15085      
15086   soil Soil 15080 and two cobble-sized rocks, 15085 and 15086 were collected at Station 1 about 65 m east of the Elbow crater ejecta rim. This collection was the farthest from the rim of the three part radial sample of ejecta blanket. In the local area of this sample, the general ejecta blanket appears smooth with scattered cobble sized rocks. A chip from friable breccia 115086 was put through freeze-thaw cycling and ultrasonic vibration to disaggregate, then sieved.
15087      
15088      
15090   soil Samples 15090 through 15093 and 15095 were collected near a large boulder at Station 2. The regolith is notable for its fine texture. Coherent fragments larger than a centimeter in diameter are scattered, and none larger than 10 cm in diameter occur within the immediate sample locality. The soil can be assumed representative of the mature, well gardened regolith composed of St. George crater ejecta plus whatever exotic components have been admixed since the St. George impact.
15091      
15092      
15093      
15095      
15100   soil Sample was collected at the rake sample site 5m east of the large rock at Station 2. The mature fine grained regolith with a few scattered fragments up to about 10 cm in diameter is characteristic of the entire Station 2 area and presumably represents intensely gardened St. George ejecta to which some ejecta from impacts elsewhere in the Apennine Mountains and Imbrium basin have been added.
15101      
15102      
15103      
15104      
15105      
15119      
15200   soil Soil 15200 and fragments 15201 through 15206 were broken from the 1 m boulder at Station 2. The boulder appears to be an ejecta fragment from a relatively recent impact of another site. The boulder may have impacted at a low angle and rolled uphill onto the rim of its own secondary crater. Sample area is generally flat and free of fragments. Carrier notes that this is an unrepresenative collection of rock chips and loose soils found at the bootm of a sample bag.
15201      
15202      
15203      
15204      
15205      
15206      
15210   soil Samples 15210 through 15214 are soil samples collected from the rim of the secondary impact crater made by the large rock at Station 2. Samples 15210 through 15214 lie on the south crater rim. 15210, 15220, and 15230 are all representative of the fine grained upper part of the regolith at Station 2. Except for the large boulder itself, the immediate sample area is underlain by sub-centimeter fines with a few scattered consolidated fragments no larger than 10 cm in diameter.
15211      
15212      
15213      
15214      
15220   soil Sample 15220 was collected from the rim of the secondary impact crater made by the large rock at Station 2, about 1 meter northeast of the large rock. Samples 15210, 15220, and 15230 are all representative of the fine grained upper part of the regolith at Station 2. Except for the large boulder itself, the immediate sample area is underlain by sub-centimeter fines with a few scattered consolidated fragments no larger than 10 cm in diameter.
15221      
15222      
15223      
15224      
15230   soil Sample 15230 was collected at Station 2 from underneath the boulder which was rolled over by the crew. All soil samples collected at Station 2, 15210, 15220, and 15230 are representative of the fine grained upper part of the regolith at Station 2. Except for the large boulder itself, the immediate sample area is underlain by the sub centermeter fines whith a few scattered consolidated fragments no longer than 10 cm in diameter.
15231      
15232      
15233      
15234      
15240   soil Samples 15240 through 15245 and 15250 through 15255 were collected from the floor and rim respectively of a 1m crater 20m upslope of the LRV at Station 6. The crew described the crater as a "fresh little crater" and noted a concentration of clods up to 10 cm on an otherwise smooth, fine grained surface. Approximately half of the sample collected here are pieces of glassy breccia >1cm not included as part of the soil (15245). There are only a few fragments >1cm in the area surrounding the crater, and all other craters in the area are subdued. The general slope of the area dips 10 degrees to the north.
15241      
15242      
15243      
15244      
15245      
15250   soil Sample collected from the east rim of a 1m crater approximately 20 m southeast and upslope from the LRV at Station 6. The crater is marked by a concentration of fragments, primarily clods up to 10 cm in diameter, on an otherwise smooth, finely granular surface. It was described by the crew as a "fresh little crater" and it is superposed on the south wall of a subdued 3 m crater which has no visible ejecta material around it. Sample 15240 is collected from the floor of the same 1 m crater.
15251      
15252      
15253      
15254      
15255      
15256      
15257      
15258      
15259      
15260   soil Rock sample 15012 and soil 15260 were collected from the bottom of a trench dug into the south rim of a 12 meter diameter crater 10-15 meters downslope from the LRV at Station 6. Sample 15012 was also collected at the bottom of this trench and placed in a Special Environmental Sample Container. The surface where the trench was dug is littered with fragments ranging from .5 - 2 cm size, but distinctly fewer than on the north rim of the same crater. This may have prompted the astronaut's remarks that the south rim was softer and the north rim more granular.
15261      
15262      
15263      
15264      
15265   soil Basalt fragment colected from the rim of a 12m, subdued crater at Station 6, the furthest point east sampled on the Appennine front during this mission. This basalt fragment is probaby exotic. Fragment was disaggregated with 4480 cycles of freeze/thaw and sonic disaggregation.
15266      
15267      
15268      
15269      
15270   soil Sample was a large soil sample collected from the compressed wheel track behind the LRV which was parked on a slope of 10-15 degres toward the north. The adjacent undisturbed soil surface appears to be typical of the coarsely granular texture at Station 6. The immediate vicinity is 5-7% covered by centimeter size clods, and is lacking in fresh craters or coherent looking rock fragments.
15271      
15272      
15273      
15274      
15281      
15282      
15283      
15284      
15285      
15286      
15287      
15288      
15289      
15290   soil Soil sample 15290 was collected with fine grained breccia 15295 10 to 15 meters south of the LRV. Soil 15290 includes soil from the immediate area and possible some fragments from 15295 which may have disintegrated in transit and handling into additional fines. This comminution of the breccia enriches the large size fractions of this soil and degrades the pristinity of the grain size distribution.
15291      
15292      
15293      
15294      
15295   breccia  
15297      
15298   breccia  
15299 rock regolith breccia Regolith Breccia
15300 rake soil 15300 was collected at Spur crater at Station 7 to accompany the comprehensive rake sample; 15305 through 15308, and 15315 through 15312. The sample area has moderately abundant small fragments on and near the rim crest of Spur crater.
15301      
15302      
15303      
15304      
15305      
15306      
15307      
15308      
15310      
15311      
15312      
15313      
15314      
15315      
15316      
15317      
15318      
15319      
15320      
15321      
15322      
15323      
15324      
15325      
15326      
15327      
15328      
15329      
15330      
15331      
15332      
15333      
15334      
15335      
15336      
15337      
15338      
15339      
15340      
15341      
15342      
15343      
15344      
15345      
15346      
15347      
15348      
15349      
15350      
15351      
15352      
15353      
15354      
15355      
15356      
15357      
15358      
15359      
15360      
15361      
15362      
15363      
15364      
15365      
15366      
15367      
15368      
15369      
15370      
15371      
15372      
15373      
15374      
15375      
15376      
15377      
15378      
15379      
15380      
15381      
15382      
15383      
15384      
15385      
15386      
15387      
15388      
15389      
15390      
15391      
15392      
15400   soil Soil 15400 and green breccia 15405 were collected from the singular rounded 3 meter long boulder and from an apparent fillet developed high on the south side of the boulder. Relatively few fragments occur in the vicinity of the rock. Most are angular and lie on the fillet, but sparse fragments are found with random distribution in all directions. The samples are probably representative of the boulder and its disintegration products which may typify the composition of its fillet.
15401      
15402      
15403      
15404      
15405      
15410   soil Collected at Station 7 from the summit of the subdued rim crest of Spur Crater. Local surface is moderately well populated with rock fragments up to tens of centimeters across. The sample area is characterized however by the abundance of less than 1 cm size fragments. Several large fragments in the sample have been excluded from the grain size analysis.
15411      
15412      
15413      
15414      
15415      
15416      
15417      
15418      
15419      
15421      
15422      
15423      
15424      
15425 soil-general    
15426      
15427      
15430   soil Sample collected at Station 7, 5 meters inside of the north rim of Spur Crater. A clod and a soil were collected together as a surface sample. The clod tended to break down and degrade the size distribution for this soil. Station 7 was moderately well populated with rock fragments up to tens of centimeters across.
15431      
15432      
15433      
15434      
15435      
15445      
15455      
15459      
15465      
15466      
15467      
15468      
15469      
15470   soil Soil 15470 and basalts 15475, 15476 and gabbro 15495 were collected at Station 4, 28 m southeast of the rim crest of Dune crater. The surface surrounding the samples has a moderate cover of fragments, small craters in the sample area are sparse. Two large fragments in the sample were excluded from grain size analysis.
15471      
15472      
15473      
15474      
15475      
15476      
15477      
15478      
15485      
15486      
15487      
15495      
15499      
15500   soil Collected at Station 9, Scarp crater. This surface sample was collected 10 m from the rim of a 10 meter diameter fresh crater. The surface is saturated with "raindrop depressions" and fragments less than 1 cm in diameter.
15501      
15502      
15503      
15504      
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Apollo 16
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
15505      
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Apollo 15
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
15506      
15507      
15508      
15528      
15529      
15530   soil 15530 was collected with a suite of rocks, fragments, and cores at Station 9A. The soil sample was taken about 20 m east of the rim of Hadley Rille, its exact location has not been identified on the surface photographs. The ground slopes gently from the sample site toward the rim of Hadley Rille; rock fragments on the surface become increasingly abundant as the rille rim is approached.
15531      
15532      
15533      
15534      
15535      
15536      
15537      
15538      
15545      
15546      
15547      
15548      
15555      
15556      
15557      
15595      
15596      
15597      
15598      
15600   soil This comprehensive soil was collected at Station 9A to accompany the rake samples 20 m northeast of the rim of Hadley Rille. The surface around the sample is smoth, level, and locally free of rock fragments greater tha 5 cm across. The general vicinity is littered with fragments commonly up to 20 cm across and a few sparse scattered boulders greater than a meter across.
15601      
15602      
15603      
15604      
15605      
15606      
15607      
15608      
15609      
15610      
15611      
15612 rake    
15613 rake    
15614 rake    
15615 rake    
15616 rake    
15617 rake    
15618 rake    
15619 rake    
15620 rake    
15621 rake    
15622 rake    
15623 rake    
15624 rake    
15625 rake    
15626 rake    
15627 rake    
15628 rake    
15629 rake    
15630 rake    
15631 rake    
15632 rake    
15633 rake    
15634 rake    
15635 rake    
15636 rake    
15637 rake    
15638 rake    
15639 rake    
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Apollo 16
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
15640 rake    
15641 rake    
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Apollo 15
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
15642 rake    
15643 rake    
15644 rake    
15645 rake    
15646 rake    
15647 rake    
15648 rake    
15649 rake    
15650 rake    
15651 rake    
15652 rake    
15653 rake    
15654 rake    
15655 rake    
15656 rake    
15657 rake    
15658 rake    
15659 rake    
15660 rake    
15661 rake    
15662 rake    
15663 rake    
15664 rake    
15665 rake    
15666 rake    
15667 rake    
15668 rake    
15669 rake    
15670 rake    
15671 rake    
15672 rake    
15673 rake    
15674 rake    
15675 rake    
15676 rake    
15677 rake    
15678 rake    
15679 rake    
15680 rake    
15681 rake    
15682 rake    
15683 rake    
15684 rake    
15685 rake    
15686 rake    
15687 rake    
15688 rake    
15689 rake    
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Apollo 16
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
60001 core    
60002 core    
60003 core    
60004 core    
60005 core    
60006 core soil Deep core contining samples 60001 through 60007 was drilled at the ALSEP site about 175 m southwest of the LM and 25 m south of the ALSEP central station. The sample area is generally flat with blocks up to 10-15 cm abundant. Deep drill area has the least compacted soil and the highest density of craters in the area. Core stems went easily into the surface.
60007 core   Deep core contining samples 60001 through 60007 was drilled at the ALSEP site about 175 m southwest of the LM and 25 m south of the ALSEP central station. The sample area is generally flat with blocks up to 10-15 cm abundant. Deep drill area has the least compacted soil and the highest density of craters in the area. Core stems went easily into the surface.
60009 core soil Drive Tube 60009/60010 was taken at Station 10 bout 100 meters southwest of the LM. Samples were taken from the rim of a subdued 60 cm crater. Fragments on the surface are mostly pear sized; none are larger than a few cm. Grain sizes >1mm may have been handled less so friable fragments would be less likely to break apart.
60010 core soil Drive Tube 60009/60010 was taken at Station 10 bout 100 meters southwest of the LM. Samples were taken from the rim of a subdued 60 cm crater. Fragments on the surface are mostly pear sized; none are larger than a few cm. Grain sizes >1mm may have been handled less so friable fragments would be less likely to break apart.
60013 core    
60014 core    
60016   soil This is a friable breccia disaggregated with 1362 freeze - thaw cycles. The breccia was collected 15 meters southwest of the LM. The sample area was fairly flat with fragments up to 20 cm in the area. Craters >3cm are sparse near the sample environment. The surface is relatively unpitted and smooth.
60017      
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60019      
60025 rock other Cataclastic Anothosite, pristine
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60050   soil Scooped soil from the ALSEP site, approximately 170 meters south-southwest of the LM and 50 meters south-southeast of the ALSEP central station. Sample contains friable white breccias described by the crew as "caliche - like." Sample area contains abundant fragments <15cm. The soil is light colored and loose in the crater wall and rim. This soil was taken from the loose material on the rim of a 5 meter crater.
60051      
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60315      
60330      
60335      
60500   soil 60500 was collected 5 meters southeast of Station 10 approximately 100 meters southwest of the LM. The sample accompanies rake sample 60510. The surrounding area is level with 2-3 cm pebbles exposed on the surface.
60501 rake soil  
60502 rake soil  
60503 rake soil  
60504 rake soil  
60510 rake    
60511 rake    
60512 rake    
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60600 rake soil  
60601 rake soil  
60602 rake soil  
60603 rake soil  
60604 rake soil  
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60666 rake    
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60668 rake    
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60670 rake    
60671 rake    
60672 rake    
60673 rake    
60674 rake    
60675 rake    
60676 rake    
60677 rake    
60678 rake    
60679 rake    
61015      
61016      
61130      
61135      
61140   soil Surface sample collected 30 meters northeast of Plum crater as part of a radial sample sequence (with 61180, 61500, and 61160) Station 1. Site level with fragments <4 cm are common and >4 cm are absent. Craters <50 cm are common and larger ones are sparse, most craters in the area are subdued but one is sharp with a radial raised rim.
61141      
61142      
61143      
61144      
61150      
61155      
61160   soil This surface sample was collected 10 meters Northeast of the rim of Plum crater as part of a radial sample sequence (with 61180, 61500, and 61140). It was collected from a spot disturbed by a footprint. The site is level with fragments <2 cm common and >2 cm sparse. A .75 m boulder is 2 meters north of the sample.
61161      
61162      
61163      
61164      
61170      
61175   soil Friable breccia 61175 was collected with 61160 10 meters northeast of the rim of Plum crater at Station 1. The breccia was disaggregated by 4964 freeze - thaw cycles. There were two 5 cm fragments in the immediate sample area, including sample 61175. Craters greater than 2 meters in the sample area are sparse.
61180   soil Surface sample collected at Station 1 on the rim of Plum crater and on the rim of a smaller, 10 meter crater. Innermost of a radial sample sequence with 61500, 61160, and 61140. The site is level until there is a break at Plum crater, fragments <2 cm are common, >10 cm are sparse. Craters <10 cm are dense and craters <1 meter are common. Some of the larger craters are subdued and some are sharp.
61181      
61182      
61183      
61184      
61190      
61195      
61220   soil Trench samples taken from the east rim of Plum crater at Station 1. 61220 is from the bottom of the trench and 61240 is from the top. This sample includes several rock chips. .5-2 cm fragments are common near the sample site. Soil color is listed as light olive gray but mission transcripts state, "I just had a good scoopful, and I lost it. Let me dig out a little - another little trench. There she be. Coming up all white. That's all that's in there John."
61221      
61222      
61223      
61224      
61225      
61226      
61240   soil Trench samples taken from the east rim of Plum crater at Station 1. 61220 is from the bottom of the trench and 61240 is from the top. This sample includes several rock chips. .5-2 cm fragments are common near the sample site. Soil color is listed as light olive gray but mission transcripts state, "I just had a good scoopful, and I lost it. Let me dig out a little - another little trench. There she be. Coming up all white. That's all that's in there John."
61241      
61242      
61243      
61244      
61245      
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61247      
61248      
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61255      
61280      
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61284      
61290      
61295      
61500   soil Surface sample about 30 m east of Flag crater and one about 40 m north-northeast of Plum crater at Station 1. This is part of a radial sample sequence with 61180, 61160, and 61140. The site is level with fragments 1-10 cm sparse and none larger in the area. Craters <3 m are common; most are subdued but one has a sharp rim.
61501      
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62275      
62280   soil Soil 62280 and angular coherent breccia 62295 were collected together about 20 meters northwest of the LRV at Station 2. The sample area is on the south slope of Buster crater, fragments are mostly 5 cm or less, and craters are mostly 5-10 cm. There was a light colored material on the surface of the soil, but none of this high albedo material was found below the surface.
62281      
62282      
62283      
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62305      
62315      
63320   soil Part of a suit of samples collected at Shadow Rock, Station 13. Two soils were collected; 63320 from the shadowed region of Shadow Rock and 63340, a control sample collected below 63320. On the southeast slope on the flank of North Ray crater, the sample area has abundant 5-10 cm cobbles with scattered blocks up to 5 meters in size. Abundant .5-1 meter craters in the immediate area. 63320 is probably the fine grained ejecta from North Ray crater. If Shadow Rock was ejected from North Ray crater, these samples have been virtually undisturbed since the North Ray event.
63321   soil  
63322   soil  
63323   soil  
63324   soil  
63335      
63340   soil Part of a suit of samples collected at Shadow Rock, Station 13. Two soils were collected; 63320 from the shadowed region of Shadow Rock and 63340, a control sample collected below 63320. On the southeast slope on the flank of North Ray crater, the sample area has abundant 5-10 cm cobbles with scattered blocks up to 5 meters in size. Abundant .5-1 meter craters in the immediate area. 63320 is probably the fine grained ejecta from North Ray crater. If Shadow Rock was ejected from North Ray crater, these samples have been virtually undisturbed since the North Ray event.
63341   soil  
63342   soil  
63343   soil  
63344   soil  
63500   soil This reference soil collected at Station 13, 5 meters west of Shadow Rock refers to rake sample 63510 collected at the same site and shadow soils 63320 and 63340 collected under the overhang of Shadow Rock. The sample area contains small rocks (2-10 cm) which cover 5% of the surface, fines are less compacted than soil at North Ray crater. Random 1-2 meter fresh to subdued craters are found in the local area. No crater is recognizable in the immediate sample area.
63501      
63502      
63503      
63504      
63505      
63506      
63507      
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63515      
63520 rake    
63521 rake    
63522 rake    
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63594 rake    
63595 rake    
63596 rake    
63597 rake    
63598 rake    
64001 core soil Core drilled on Stone Mountain at Station 4, within one crater diameter of a 15 meter subdued doublet crater. The deep sections of the core may contain the best samples of typical Descartes material. The sample area has a 10-15 degree slope to the northwest. There are a few scattered cobbles 5-10 cm. Scattered craters .5 to several meters in diameter are common in the general area, there is a .5 meter crater just southwest of the drive tube.
64002 core soil Drive tube 64001 / 64002 collected on Stone Mountain at Station 4, within one crater diameter of a 15 meter subdued doublet crater. The deep sections of the core may contain the best samples of typical Descartes material. The sample area has a 10-15 degree slope to the northwest. There are a few scattered cobbles 5-10 cm. Scattered craters .5 to several meters in diameter are common in the general area, there is a .5 meter crater just southwest of the drive tube.
64420   soil Soil 64420 was collected with breccia 64475 at Station 4A near Cinco B crater, 5 meters from the LRV on the floor of a subdued 15 meter crater. The soil was taken from the bottom of a 25 cm trench. At the sample area, 5-10 cm pebbles are abundant, 20-40 cm cobbles are common and meter size blocks are sparsely scattered. Scattered craters up to several meters in size are common in the general area. This regolith is probably South Ray ejecta mixed with underlying Descartes material.
64421      
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64424      
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64476      
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64478      
64500 rake soil Soil 64500 and rake 64510 were collected at Station 4A in the vicinity of Cinco B crater, near the rim of a subdued 15 meter crater. The sample area slopes 10-15 degrees to the northwest off Stone Mountain, surface fragments up to 10 cm are abundant, up to 40 cm are common, up to 1 meter sparse. Scattered craters .5 to several meters are in the general area, very subdued and barely visible smaller craters are in the local area. The gray surface is underlain by a white layer.
64501 rake    
64502 rake    
64503 rake    
64504 rake    
64505 rake    
64506 rake    
64507 rake    
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64509 rake    
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64512 rake    
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64570 rake    
64571 rake    
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64578 rake    
64579 rake    
64580 rake    
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64584 rake    
64585 rake    
64586 rake    
64587 rake    
64588 rake    
64589 rake    
64800   soil Surface soil 64800 accompanies rake 64810, collected at Station 4B on the rim of a 20 meter crater. Blocks and cobbles cover 80-90% of the northeast wall of the main crater, elsewhere the surface is relatively smooth with scattered cobbles. The fines are loose, numerous small crates are found in the sample area.
64801      
64802      
64803      
64804      
64810 rake    
64811 rake    
64812 rake    
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64837 rake    
65015 rock other Poikilitic Impact Melt
65016      
65030      
65035      
65050      
65055      
65056      
65070      
65075      
65090      
65095      
65500   soil Soil 65500 accompanies rake sample 65510 collected at Station 5 near the rim of a 20 meter crater. The sample area has no blocks larger tha 30 cm, it is a mostly sandy surface. The fines are loose with a gray surface and whitish subsurface. Numerous small craters are superposed on the 20 meter crater. Friable clods are included in the sample.
65501 rake    
65502 rake    
65503 rake    
65504 rake    
65510 rake    
65511 rake    
65512 rake    
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65571 rake    
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65586 rake    
65587 rake    
65588 rake    
65700   soil 65700 and 65900 are surface soils to accompany the rake samples at Station 5. Samples were collected on the interior wall of a 20 meter crater, very close to the rim. The sample area has a mostly sandy surface with no large blocks nearby. Fines in the area are extremely loose.
65702 rake    
65703 rake    
65704 rake    
65710 rake    
65711 rake    
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65771 rake    
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65791 rake    
65792 rake    
65793 rake    
65794 rake    
65795 rake    
65900   soil 65900 is a surface soil to accompany the rake samples at Station 5. Samples were collected on the interior wall of a 20 meter crater, very close to the rim. The sample area has a mostly sandy surface with no large blocks nearby. Fines in the area are extremely loose.
65901      
65903      
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65905      
65906      
65907      
65915      
65916      
65920 rake    
65925 rake    
65926 rake    
65927 rake    
66030   soil 66030 is a soil collected with an 8 cm breccia. It is supposed that the breccia is local ejecta, but the source crater is not obvious. Both the soil and the breccia were on a 10 meter crater rim at Station 6 near the base of Stone Mountain. In the sample area, 15-30 cm blocks are relatively common, soil is relatively firm compared to the looser regolith at Stations 4 and 5. Craters in the area are mostly <5 meters.
66031      
66032      
66033      
66034      
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66036      
66037      
66040   soil Soils 66040 and 66030 and breccia 66055 were collected at the same location at Station 6. It is supposed that the breccia is local ejecta, but the source crater is not obvious. Both the soils and the breccia were on a 10 meter crater rim near the base of Stone Mountain. In the sample area 15-30 cm blocks are relatively common, soil is relatively firm compared to the looser regolith at Stations 4 and 5. Craters in the area are mostly <5 meters.
66041      
66042      
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66044      
66050      
66055      
66070      
66075   soil Friable breccia collected on the southwest wall of a 10 meter crater at the base of Stone Mountain, at Station 6. The breccia was disaggregated with 4400 freeze / thaw cycles (but no sonic disaggregation). The site slopes 10 degrees to the northwest, with scattered fragments up to 50 cm in the nearby area. .5-1 meter craters are common at the collection site.
66080   soil Soil 66080 collected with fragment 66085 were taken at Station 6 along the west rim of a 10 meter diameter crater at the base of Stone Mountain. Cobbles 5-15 cm are widely distributed in the surrounding area with a few scattered blocks up to 50 cm. Craters <5 meters are common. The soil collected is unique for that site, it is described as an indurated clod of white impact ejecta; possibly from South Ray crater.
66081      
66082      
66083      
66084      
66085      
66086      
66090      
66095      
67015      
67016      
67020      
67025      
67050      
67055      
67070      
67075      
67090      
67095      
67110      
67115      
67215      
67235      
67410      
67415      
67430      
67435      
67450      
67455      
67460      
67461      
67462      
67463      
67464      
67475      
67480   soil Reference soil 67840 accompanies rake sample 67510; both were taken on the southeast rim of North Ray crater, at Station 11 in the area of the white breccia boulders. The sample area is in a local north-south swale, the surface is soft and fine; fragments greater than 10 cm are sparse and the crew reported "sinking in on the slopes about 6 inches."
67481      
67482      
67483      
67484      
67485      
67486      
67487      
67488      
67489      
67510 rake    
67511 rake    
67512 rake    
67513 rake    
67514 rake    
67515 rake    
67516 rake    
67517 rake    
67518 rake    
67519 rake    
67520 rake    
67521 rake    
67522 rake    
67523 rake    
67524 rake    
67525 rake    
67526 rake    
67527 rake    
67528 rake    
67529 rake    
67530 rake    
67531 rake    
67532 rake    
67533 rake    
67534 rake    
67535 rake    
67536 rake    
67537 rake    
67538 rake    
67539 rake    
67540 rake    
67541 rake    
67542 rake    
67543 rake    
67544 rake    
67545 rake    
67546 rake    
67547 rake    
67548 rake    
67549 rake    
67550 rake    
67551 rake    
67552 rake    
67553 rake    
67554 rake    
67555 rake    
67556 rake    
67557 rake    
67558 rake    
67559 rake    
67560 rake    
67561 rake    
67562 rake    
67563 rake    
67564 rake    
67565 rake    
67566 rake    
67567 rake    
67568 rake    
67569 rake    
67570 rake    
67571 rake    
67572 rake    
67573 rake    
67574 rake    
67575 rake    
67576 rake    
67600 rake soil Reference soil 67600, rake soil 67610, and fragment 67605 were all taken on the southeast rim of North Ray crater. The sample area is in the bottom of "Little Hollow" a few meters from the white breccia boulder. Fragments 10 cm or smaller are common here, no craters are visible and the surface is moderately firm, boot prints are often deeper than 1 cm at this site. The soil is probably derived from North Ray crater ejecta.
67601 rake soil  
67602 rake soil  
67603 rake soil  
67604 rake soil  
67605 rake soil  
67610 rake    
67611 rake    
67612 rake    
67613 rake    
67614 rake    
67615 rake    
67616 rake    
67617 rake    
67618 rake    
67619 rake    
67620 rake    
67621 rake    
67622 rake    
67623 rake    
67624 rake    
67625 rake    
67626 rake    
67627 rake    
67628 rake    
67629 rake    
67630 rake    
67631 rake    
67632 rake    
67633 rake    
67634 rake    
67635 rake    
67636 rake    
67637 rake    
67638 rake    
67639 rake    
67640 rake    
67641 rake    
67642 rake    
67643 rake    
67644 rake    
67645 rake    
67646 rake    
67647 rake    
67648 rake    
67649 rake    
67650 rake    
67651 rake    
67652 rake    
67653 rake    
67654 rake    
67655 rake    
67656 rake    
67657 rake    
67658 rake    
67659 rake    
67660 rake    
67661 rake    
67662 rake    
67663 rake    
67664 rake    
67665 rake    
67666 rake    
67667 rake    
67668 rake    
67669 rake    
67670 rake    
67671 rake    
67672 rake    
67673 rake    
67674 rake    
67675 rake    
67676 rake    
67700 rake soil Reference soil 67700, fragments in the soil numbered 67705 through 67708, and rake sample 67710 were taken at Station 11 at the southeast rim of North Ray crater. The surface gently slopes to the northeast, fragments smaller than 10 cm are common. The crew described the surface as hard, possibly on top of a large white rock. The rake would not penetrate. There is one 50 cm secondary crater in the center of the rake sample.
67701 rake soil  
67702 rake soil  
67703 rake soil  
67704 rake soil  
67705 rake soil  
67706 rake soil  
67707 rake soil  
67708 rake soil  
67710 rake soil Reference soil 67700, fragments in the soil numbered 67705 through 67708, and rake sample 67710 were taken at Station 11 at the southeast rim of North Ray crater. The surface gently slopes to the northeast, fragments smaller than 10 cm are common. The crew described the surface as hard, possibly on top of a large white rock. The rake would not penetrate. There is one 50 cm secondary crater in the center of the rake sample.
67711 rake    
67712 rake soil  
67713 rake soil  
67714 rake soil  
67715 rake    
67716 rake    
67717 rake    
67718 rake    
67719 rake    
67720 rake    
67721 rake    
67722 rake    
67723 rake    
67724 rake    
67725 rake    
67726 rake    
67727 rake    
67728 rake    
67729 rake    
67730 rake    
67731 rake    
67732 rake    
67733 rake    
67734 rake    
67735 rake    
67736 rake    
67737 rake    
67738 rake    
67739 rake    
67740 rake    
67741 rake    
67742 rake    
67743 rake    
67744 rake    
67745 rake    
67746 rake    
67747 rake    
67748 rake    
67749 rake    
67750 rake    
67751 rake    
67752 rake    
67753 rake    
67754 rake    
67755 rake    
67756 rake    
67757 rake    
67758 rake    
67759 rake    
67760 rake    
67761 rake    
67762 rake    
67763 rake    
67764 rake    
67765 rake    
67766 rake    
67767 rake    
67768 rake    
67769 rake    
67770 rake    
67771 rake    
67772 rake    
67773 rake    
67774 rake    
67775 rake    
67776 rake    
67910      
67915      
67930      
67935      
67936      
67937      
67940   soil Soil 67940 came from the "east-west crack" along with fragments 67945 through 67948 and reference soil 67960 at the House Rock area of Station 11. 67940 was collected from the east-west crack between House Rock and South Boulder; the sample was not permanently shadowed.
67941      
67942      
67943      
67944      
67945      
67946      
67947      
67948      
67950      
67955      
67956      
67957      
67960      
68001 core    
68002 core    
68030      
68035      
68110      
68115      
68120      
68121      
68122      
68123      
68124      
68410      
68415      
68416      
68500   soil Soil 68500 accompanied rake sample 68510 at Station 8, on the north rim of a 10-15 meter crater in the vicinity of visible rays from South Ray crater. Astronauts reported several glass fragments scattered over the surface in this area, some reflecting red and green in the sunlight. The sample area is generally free of large rocks.
68501 soil-general    
68502 rake    
68503 rake    
68504 rake    
68505 rake    
68510 rake    
68511 rake    
68512 rake    
68513 rake    
68514 rake    
68515 rake    
68516 rake    
68517 rake    
68518 rake    
68519 rake    
68520 rake    
68521 rake    
68522 rake    
68523 rake    
68524 rake    
68525 rake    
68526 rake    
68527 rake    
68528 rake    
68529 rake    
68530 rake    
68531 rake    
68532 rake    
68533 rake    
68534 rake    
68535 rake    
68536 rake    
68537 rake    
68815 rake    
68820      
68821      
68822      
68823      
68824      
68825      
68840   soil This is a reference soil collected 35 meters east of a 15 meter diameter crater and 6 meters north of the boulder from which "fillet" soil 68820 is taken. Fragments larger than 1 meter in the sample area are sparse, the soil is loose, and craters larger than 5 cm are sparse.
68841      
68842      
68843      
68844      
68845      
68846      
68847      
68848      
69001      
69003      
69004      
69920      
69921      
69922      
69923      
69924      
69930      
69935      
69940   soil 69920 and 69940 are in the shadow of a .5 meter boulder. 69920 is a "skim" sample and 69940 is a "scoop" sample from several cm below the surface. Both soils were collected at Station 9, 15 meters north of a 40 meter crater. Large fragments are relatively sparse at the sample site, surface is relatively firm, craters 5-30 cm are common but larger ones are sparse.
69941      
69942      
69943      
69944      
69945      
69950      
69955      
69960   soil 69960 was collected at Station 9 from under a .5 meter boulder after it had been rolled over. It is part of a "surface sampler" including soils 69920, 69940, and 69960 and fragments 69003, 69004, and 66935. Large fragments are relatively sparse at the sample site, surface is relatively firm, craters 5-30 cm are common but larger ones are sparse.
69961   soil  
69962   soil  
69963   soil  
69964   soil  
69965   soil  
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Apollo 17
Sample Number Sample Type Lithology Description
70001 core    
70002 core    
70003 core    
70004 core    
70005 core    
70006 core    
70007   soil  
70008 core soil 70001-70009 are the segments of the deep core drilled at the ALSEP site 180 meters west of the LM. The sample area is flat, level and has 2-3% block cover. Craters 10 cm to 1 meter in size are common, fines are coherent below 3-4 cm. Drill penetration to 3.2 meters alternated between easy and difficult. The bottom 20 cm were very difficult to drill. The base material is cohesive, fragmental.
70009 core soil  
70017 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70019 rock breccia Soil Breccia - Agglutinate
70130      
70131      
70132      
70133      
70134      
70135 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt,
70136 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70137 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70138 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70139 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70140      
70141      
70142      
70143      
70144      
70145 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70146 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70147 rock high-Ti mare basalt Clast-Rich Impact Melt
70148 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70149 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70150      
70151      
70152      
70153      
70154      
70155 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70156 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70157 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70160   soil This is a fillet soil near the ALSEP central station, 180 meters west of the LM, at the base of a 1.5 meter boulder. Sample area has about 2-5% rock cover. Fines are darker when disturbed and compaction is greater in the fillet.
70170      
70175 rock breccia Glass-Rich Microbreccia
70180   soil This surface soil was collected 3 meters from the deep core site on the rim of an 8 meter blocky crater at the ALSEP. The sample area is flat and level with 2-3% block cover. Craters 10 cm to 1 meter in size are common, the fines are rather loose at the sample site on the rim of a .5 meter crater. This soil was collected with 70185, an 8 cm vuggy basalt.
70181      
70182      
70183      
70184      
70185 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70250      
70255 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70270      
70275 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70310      
70311      
70312      
70313      
70314      
70315 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
70320      
70321      
70322      
70323      
70324      
71030      
71031      
71032      
71033      
71034      
71035 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71036 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71037 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71040   soil 71040 is a surface soil that was collected along with 6 chips in the shadow of "tombstone rock" at Station 1A. Soil 71060 was collected at the same site at a depth of 5-6 cm. Tombstone Rock is on the inner side of the southwest rim of a 10 meter blocky crater. The sample area is broadly rolling and dominated by ejecta. Local craters up to 2 meters in size are common, and the fines are fairly compact.
71041      
71042      
71043      
71044      
71045 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71046 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71047 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71048 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71049 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71050      
71055 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71060   soil 71060 is a soil sample collected 5-6 cm below the surface in the shadow of "tombstone rock" at Station 1A. It was collected with 13 chips. Tombstone Rock is on the inner side of the southwest rim of a 10 meter blocky crater. The sample area is broadly rolling and dominated by ejecta. Local craters up to 2 meters in size are common, and the fines are faily compact.
71061      
71062      
71063      
71064      
71065 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71066 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71067 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71068 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71069 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71075 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71085 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71086 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71087 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71088 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71089      
71090      
71091      
71092      
71093      
71094      
71095 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71096 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71097 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71130      
71135 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71136 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71150      
71155 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71156 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71157 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71170      
71175 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71500   soil Soil 71500 and 6 rock fragments were collected at Station 1A 15 meters northeast of the rim of a blocky 10 meter crater. It was collected as the reference to rake sample 71520 - 71597. The sample area is flat and essentially free of large fragments. The fines are fairly compact, there are 3 .5 meter craters in the sample area. The soil is scooped from the edge of a subdued crater in an area mostly free of surface rocks and small craters.
71501      
71502      
71503      
71504      
71505 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71506 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71507 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71508 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71509 rock high-Ti mare basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt
71515 rock other Glass-Bonded Agglutinate
71520 &nb