Lunar Sample 15256
| Mission | Apollo 15 |
|---|---|
| Sample Type | rock |
| Lithology | breccia |
| Location | Collected at station 6, on the bottom slope of the Apennine bench, above Spur Crater, was well above the mare surface, and the sample must have been ejected from a crater into the mare below. |
| Description | 15256 is a rare type of lunar breccia, made up of mostly mare basalt fragments, that are welded together; is rounded, aphanitic, coherent and covered with micrometeorite craters on most sides. It is made up of fragments of olivine-normative basalt and lacks fragments of pyroxene basalt (the other main variety of Apollo 15 basalt). The sample lacks a signature of meteoritic siderophiles and was not a soil. This rock has not been dated. |
Laboratory Views (Mug Shots)
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Thin Sections
 15256,0 S71-51744 |
 15256,0 S71-51745 |
 15256,0 S71-51766 |
 15256,0 S71-52226 |
 15256,0 S71-52227 |
 15256,1 S71-48901 |
 15256,4 S71-56660 |
 15256,8 S71-48897 |
 15256,13 S71-49475 |
 15256,17 S71-55274 |
 15256,20 JSC00654 |
 15256,20 JSC00655 |
 15256,20 JSC00656 |
 15256,20 JSC00657 |
 15256,20 JSC00658 |
 15256,20 JSC00659 |
 15256,20 JSC00660 |
 15256,20 JSC00661 |
 15256,20 JSC00662 |
 15256,20 JSC00663 |
 15256,20 JSC00664 |
 15256,20 JSC00665 |
 15256,20 S71-55229 |
 15256,23 S71-56657 |
 15256,26 S72-16478 |
 15256,26 S72-16480 |
 15256,44 S72-30977 |
 15256,46 S72-20747 |
 15256,47 S72-20773 |
In Situ
 AS15-86-11629 |
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Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views
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Stereo Views
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Other Information
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